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authorMartin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>2018-09-24 21:01:51 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2018-09-25 13:20:17 +0200
commitd1cd3da1e5cf68921b81c04e0d4be571c96976a2 (patch)
treeef02b90d94a6724c4472f9df6cefe8df27108d39 /docs
parent706a9a03bb0a745a1f2db1ed632542a2d2af6021 (diff)
mdev.txt: explain the meaning of a leading "-"
If a line in mdev.conf starts with "-", parsing will continue even if a match is found in that line. Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ or
For example:
hd[a-z][0-9]* 0:3 660
-The config file parsing stops at the first matching line. If no line is
-matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used. To set your own default, simply
-create your own total match like so:
+The config file parsing stops at the first matching line unless this line
+starts with "-". If no line is matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used.
+To set your own default, simply create your own total match like so:
.* 1:1 777