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| author | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2008-02-01 06:53:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2008-02-01 06:53:50 +0000 |
| commit | f0044c480c4da9c5818fe7a0973cd5529314d14b (patch) | |
| tree | 8a1cf64b29dd2cae330a908c7881ed90f06cf545 /docs | |
| parent | c348e0bc7bb104c9e2385a0d1c29099a7033adf8 (diff) | |
add support for renaming/relocating device nodes
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/mdev.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/mdev.txt b/docs/mdev.txt index 4a4451b4d..38f1da964 100644 --- a/docs/mdev.txt +++ b/docs/mdev.txt @@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ 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 +You can rename/relocate device nodes by using the next optional field. + <device regex> <uid>:<gid> <octal permissions> [>path] +So if you want to place the device node into a subdirectory, make sure the path +has a trailing /. If you want to rename the device node, just place the name. + hda 0:3 660 >drives/ +This will relocate "hda" into the drives/ subdirectory. + hdb 0:3 660 >cdrom +This will rename "hdb" to "cdrom". + If you also enable support for executing your own commands, then the file has the format: <device regex> <uid>:<gid> <octal permissions> [<@|$|*> <command>] |