<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> <sect1 id="ch-system-udev" role="wrap"> <?dbhtml filename="udev.html"?> <sect1info condition="script"> <productname>udev</productname> <productnumber>&udev-version;</productnumber> <address>&udev-url;</address> </sect1info> <title>Udev-&udev-version;</title> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev"> <primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary> </indexterm> <sect2 role="package"> <title/> <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device nodes.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&udev-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&udev-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Udev</title> <para>The udev-config tarball contains LFS-specific files used to configure Udev. Unpack it into the Udev source directory:</para> <screen><userinput remap="pre">tar -xvf ../&udev-config;.tar.bz2</userinput></screen> <para>Create some devices and directories that Udev cannot handle due to them being required very early in the boot process, or by Udev itself:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">install -dv /lib/{firmware,udev/devices/pts} mknod -m0666 /lib/udev/devices/null c 1 3</userinput></screen> <para>Prepare the package for compilation:</para> <!-- Note that "libdir=/usr/lib64" would be required for multilib. --> <screen><userinput remap="configure">BLKID_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/blkid" BLKID_LIBS="-L/lib -lblkid" \ KMOD_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include" KMOD_LIBS="-L/lib -lkmod" ./configure \ --prefix=/usr --bindir=/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/lib \ --enable-rule_generator --disable-introspection --disable-keymap \ --disable-gudev --with-usb-ids-path=no --with-pci-ids-path=no \ --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no</userinput></screen> <variablelist> <title>The meaning of the new configure options</title> <!-- Note that libexecdir *MUST* stay /lib, even on a 64-bit / multilib system where udev is compiled for 64-bit. The udev configure system automatically adds "udev" onto this path, and other packages require /lib/udev; the udev maintainers have said this is part of the udev API. --> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--libexecdir=/lib</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>This controls where Udev-internal rules and helper programs are installed.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--enable-rule_generator</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>This allows persistent rules to be generated for network and optical media devices</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--disable-* and --with-*</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>These options prevent Udev from installing helper programs and other extras which require more external libraries. These libraries are not part of the base LFS system. See the Udev <filename>README</filename> file for more information.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> <para>Test the package.</para> <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> <para>Remove an empty documentation directory:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">rmdir -v /usr/share/doc/udev</userinput></screen> <para>Now install the LFS-specific custom rules files:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">cd &udev-config; make install</userinput></screen> <para>Install the documentation that explains the LFS-specific rules files:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">make install-doc</userinput></screen> </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content"> <title>Contents of Udev</title> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>ata_id, cdrom_id, collect, create_floppy_devices, edd_id, firmware.sh, fstab_import, path_id, scsi_id, udevadm, udevd, usb_id, write_cd_rules, and write_net_rules</seg> <seg>libudev.{a,so}</seg> <seg>/etc/udev, /lib/udev, /lib/firmware, /usr/share/doc/udev-config, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libudev</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <variablelist> <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> <varlistentry id="ata_id"> <term><command>ata_id</command></term> <listitem> <para>Provides Udev with a unique string and additional information (uuid, label) for an ATA drive</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id"> <primary sortas="b-ata_id">ata_id</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="cdrom_id"> <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term> <listitem> <para>Provides Udev with the capabilities of a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id"> <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="collect"> <term><command>collect</command></term> <listitem> <para>Given an ID for the current uevent and a list of IDs (for all target uevents), registers the current ID and indicates whether all target IDs have been registered</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev collect"> <primary sortas="b-collect">collect</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="create_floppy_devices"> <term><command>create_floppy_devices</command></term> <listitem> <para>Creates all possible floppy devices based on the CMOS type</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev create_floppy_devices"> <primary sortas="b-create_floppy_devices">create_floppy_devices</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="edd_id"> <term><command>edd_id</command></term> <listitem> <para>Provides Udev with the EDD ID for a BIOS disk drive</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id"> <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="firmware.sh"> <term><command>firmware.sh</command></term> <listitem> <para>Uploads firmware to devices</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware.sh"> <primary sortas="b-firmware.sh">firmware.sh</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="fstab_import"> <term><command>fstab_import</command></term> <listitem> <para>Finds an entry in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> that matches the current device, and provides its information to Udev</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev fstab_import"> <primary sortas="b-fstab_import">fstab_import</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="path_id"> <term><command>path_id</command></term> <listitem> <para>Provides the shortest possible unique hardware path to a device</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev path_id"> <primary sortas="b-path_id">path_id</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="scsi_id"> <term><command>scsi_id</command></term> <listitem> <para>Provides Udev with a unique SCSI identifier based on the data returned from sending a SCSI INQUIRY command to the specified device</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id"> <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="udevadm"> <term><command>udevadm</command></term> <listitem> <para>Generic udev administration tool: controls the udevd daemon, provides info from the Udev database, monitors uevents, waits for uevents to finish, tests Udev configuration, and triggers uevents for a given device</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevadm"> <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="udevd"> <term><command>udevd</command></term> <listitem> <para>A daemon that listens for uevents on the netlink socket, creates devices and runs the configured external programs in response to these uevents</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd"> <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="usb_id"> <term><command>usb_id</command></term> <listitem> <para>Provides Udev with information about USB devices</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id"> <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="write_cd_rules"> <term><command>write_cd_rules</command></term> <listitem> <para>A script which generates Udev rules to provide stable names for optical drives (see also <xref linkend="ch-scripts-symlinks"/>)</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_cd_rules"> <primary sortas="b-write_cd_rules">write_cd_rules</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="write_net_rules"> <term><command>write_net_rules</command></term> <listitem> <para>A script which generates rules to provide stable names for network interfaces (see also <xref linkend="ch-scripts-network"/>) </para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_net_rules"> <primary sortas="b-write_net_rules">write_net_rules</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="libudev"> <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term> <listitem> <para>A library interface to udev device information</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev libudev"> <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="etc-udev"> <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term> <listitem> <para>Contains Udev configuration files, device permissions, and rules for device naming</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev"> <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1>