swift 13/03/29 19:32:27 Modified: udev-guide.xml Log: Fix bug #463778 - Updated udev guide with recent information thanks to Ssuominen
Revision Changes Path 1.59 xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?rev=1.59&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?rev=1.59&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?r1=1.58&r2=1.59 Index: udev-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.58 retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -r1.58 -r1.59 --- udev-guide.xml 20 Mar 2013 20:44:09 -0000 1.58 +++ udev-guide.xml 29 Mar 2013 19:32:27 -0000 1.59 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v 1.58 2013/03/20 20:44:09 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v 1.59 2013/03/29 19:32:27 swift Exp $ --> <guide> <title>Gentoo udev Guide</title> @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>14</version> -<date>2013-03-20</date> +<version>15</version> +<date>2013-03-29</date> <chapter> <title>What is udev?</title> @@ -123,12 +123,13 @@ < > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (DEPRECATED) <comment>(This is *absolutely* necessary for /dev to populate)</comment> Generic Driver Options ---> - [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev + [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev (NEW) </pre> <p> -If you use <c>genkernel</c>, you don't need to do anything special. Genkernel -sets up udev by default. +If you use <c>sys-kernel/genkernel</c>, you don't need to do anything special. +Genkernel sets up udev by default. You can also try <c>sys-kernel/dracut</c> +which is quite well integrated into Gentoo. </p> </body> @@ -141,18 +142,39 @@ <body> <p> -Documentation for using <uri link="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames";>the new predictable network interface names.</uri> +Documentation for using <uri +link="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames";>the +predictable network interface names</uri> introduced in 197, replacing the now +deleted rule_generator's /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules </p> <p> -<uri link="http://webpages.charter.net/decibelshelp/LinuxHelp_UDEVPrimer.html";>Decibel's -UDEV Primer</uri> is an in-depth document about udev and Gentoo. +<uri link="http://github.com/gentoo/eudev";>Fork of the systemd git tree without +systemd itself</uri> at github, with aims like longterm stable API, more POSIX +than GNU, aimed much for minimal embedded but works on anything else too. +You decide if it's up to date by looking at the repository's history, since +this documentation might not be. +</p> + +</body> +</section> +</chapter> + +<chapter> +<title>Known problems</title> +<section> +<body> + +<p> +Stale <c>70-persistent-net.rules</c> (or other network rules) in +<path>/etc/udev/rules.d</path> can prevent the predictable network naming from +being enabled. Both <c>70-persistent-net.rules</c> and +<c>70-persistent-cd.rules</c> are from the now deleted rule_generator </p> <p> -<uri link="http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php";>Writing udev rules</uri> by -fellow Gentoo developer Daniel Drake is an excellent document to learn how to -customize your udev installation. +Init script called 'udev-postmount' should be removed from runlevels if it's +still there. </p> </body>
