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diff --git a/man/udev.7 b/man/udev.7 index a0470d1f5..4a65dbebe 100644 --- a/man/udev.7 +++ b/man/udev.7 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ '\" t .\" Title: udev .\" Author: Greg Kroah-Hartmann <greg@kroah.com> -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 12/11/2016 +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 03/08/2018 .\" Manual: udev .\" Source: udev .\" Language: English @@ -541,35 +541,6 @@ character itself\&. .SH "HARDWARE DATABASE FILES" .PP The hwdb files are read from the files located in the system hwdb directory -/lib/udev/hwdb\&.d, the volatile runtime directory -/run/udev/hwdb\&.d -and the local administration directory -/etc/udev/hwdb\&.d\&. All hwdb files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order, regardless of the directories in which they live\&. However, files with identical filenames replace each other\&. Files in -/etc -have the highest priority, files in -/run -take precedence over files with the same name in -/lib\&. This can be used to override an hwdb file with a local file if needed; a symlink in -/etc -with the same name as a hwdb file in -/lib, pointing to -/dev/null, disables the hwdb file entirely\&. hwdb files must have the extension -\&.hwdb; other extensions are ignored\&. -.PP -The hwdb file contains data records consisting of matches and associated key\-value pairs\&. Every record in the hwdb starts with one or more match string, specifying a shell glob to compare the database lookup string against\&. Multiple match lines are specified in additional consecutive lines\&. Every match line is compared indivdually, they are combined by OR\&. Every match line must start at the first character of the line\&. -.PP -The match lines are followed by one or more key\-value pair lines, which are recognized by a leading space character\&. The key name and value are separated by -=\&. An empty line signifies the end of a record\&. Lines beginning with -# -are ignored\&. -.PP -The content of all hwdb files is read by -\fBudevadm\fR(8) -and compiled to a binary database located at -/etc/udev/hwdb\&.bin\&. During runtime only the binary database is used\&. -.SH "HARDWARE DATABASE FILES" -.PP -The hwdb files are read from the files located in the system hwdb directory /usr/lib/udev/hwdb\&.d, the volatile runtime directory /run/udev/hwdb\&.d and the local administration directory |