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authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>2006-03-23 14:01:04 +0100
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>2006-03-23 14:01:04 +0100
commit727f3fb091cf4903e9e9aa21159f05c36aaede24 (patch)
treed854d932937afca8a51de24dd7cc1a626912ebd0
parentba743e43d4045b5c6cfecaeeab4e4293a32dc5ee (diff)
downloadudev-727f3fb091cf4903e9e9aa21159f05c36aaede24.tar.gz
update man page
-rw-r--r--udev.718
-rw-r--r--udev.xml38
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/udev.7 b/udev.7
index 75db2b72..332db04f 100644
--- a/udev.7
+++ b/udev.7
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ The permissions for the device node. Every specified value overwrites the compil
Export a variable to the environment. This key can also be used to match against an environment variable.
.TP
\fBRUN\fR
-Add a program to the list of programs to be executed for a specific device.
+Add a program to the list of programs to be executed for a specific device. This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an event process for a long period of time may block all further events for this or a dependent device. Long running tasks need to be immediately detached from the event process itself.
.TP
\fBLABEL\fR
Named label where a GOTO can jump to.
@@ -221,22 +221,6 @@ The '%' character itself.
The '$' character itself.
.PP
The count of characters to be substituted may be limited by specifying the format length value. For example, '%3s{file}' will only insert the first three characters of the sysfs attribute
-.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
-.TP
-\fBACTION\fR
-\fIadd\fR
-or
-\fIremove\fR
-signifies the addition or the removal of a device.
-.TP
-\fBDEVPATH\fR
-The sysfs devpath without the mountpoint but a leading slash.
-.TP
-\fBSUBSYSTEM\fR
-The kernel subsystem the device belongs to.
-.TP
-\fBUDEV_LOG\fR
-Overrides the syslog priority specified in the config file.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Written by Greg Kroah\-Hartman
diff --git a/udev.xml b/udev.xml
index 51288c00..958c10d1 100644
--- a/udev.xml
+++ b/udev.xml
@@ -301,7 +301,10 @@
<term><option>RUN</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Add a program to the list of programs to be executed for a specific
- device.</para>
+ device. This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an
+ event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
+ this or a dependent device. Long running tasks need to be immediately
+ detached from the event process itself.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -472,39 +475,6 @@
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>ACTION</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para><replaceable>add</replaceable> or <replaceable>remove</replaceable> signifies
- the addition or the removal of a device.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>DEVPATH</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The sysfs devpath without the mountpoint but a leading slash.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>SUBSYSTEM</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The kernel subsystem the device belongs to.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>UDEV_LOG</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Overrides the syslog priority specified in the config file.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
<refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>Written by Greg Kroah-Hartman <email>greg@kroah.com</email> and
Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>. With much help from