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| author | Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2011-09-19 12:18:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2011-09-19 12:18:11 +0200 |
| commit | 5c6ba6c56f9653488e1d805e727bb06c39ed23fa (patch) | |
| tree | d87fd3c6ebf6c3ce37876a554ef0f46394196e6e /docs | |
| parent | 34c469ae0495bb010969eb920c63d31ed4a0e793 (diff) | |
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mdev: expand --help so that it's actually useful.
function old new delta
packed_usage 28634 28822 +188
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/mdev.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/mdev.txt b/docs/mdev.txt index 2d03bd8b2..61f93c9df 100644 --- a/docs/mdev.txt +++ b/docs/mdev.txt | |||
| @@ -51,19 +51,25 @@ device nodes if your system needs something more than the default root/root | |||
| 51 | 660 permissions. | 51 | 660 permissions. |
| 52 | 52 | ||
| 53 | The file has the format: | 53 | The file has the format: |
| 54 | <device regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> | 54 | [-]<device regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> |
| 55 | or @<maj[,min1[-min2]]> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> | 55 | or |
| 56 | @<maj[,min1[-min2]]> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> | ||
| 57 | or | ||
| 58 | $envvar=<regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> | ||
| 56 | 59 | ||
| 57 | For example: | 60 | For example: |
| 58 | hd[a-z][0-9]* 0:3 660 | 61 | hd[a-z][0-9]* 0:3 660 |
| 59 | 62 | ||
| 60 | The config file parsing stops at the first matching line. If no line is | 63 | The config file parsing stops at the first matching line. If no line is |
| 61 | matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used. To set your own default, simply | 64 | matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used. To set your own default, simply |
| 62 | create your own total match like so: | 65 | create your own total match like so: |
| 66 | |||
| 63 | .* 1:1 777 | 67 | .* 1:1 777 |
| 64 | 68 | ||
| 65 | You can rename/move device nodes by using the next optional field. | 69 | You can rename/move device nodes by using the next optional field. |
| 70 | |||
| 66 | <device regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> [=path] | 71 | <device regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> [=path] |
| 72 | |||
| 67 | So if you want to place the device node into a subdirectory, make sure the path | 73 | So if you want to place the device node into a subdirectory, make sure the path |
| 68 | has a trailing /. If you want to rename the device node, just place the name. | 74 | has a trailing /. If you want to rename the device node, just place the name. |
| 69 | hda 0:3 660 =drives/ | 75 | hda 0:3 660 =drives/ |