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| Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Monday, July 31, 2006 10:03:00 am | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
| Older page: | version 6 | Last edited on Monday, August 22, 2005 8:57:43 am | by CraigBox | Revert |
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[UDev] is the UserSpace-based replacement for DevFs, an obsolete LinuxKernel [Module] that creates entries for available devices in <tt>/dev</tt>. [UDev] is available in [Kernel] 2.5 and newer and uses HotPlug and the <tt>/sys</tt> FileSystem.
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+The home page for [UDev] is at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html
See also:
* [Red Hat Magazine - Configuring Devices with udev | http://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/udev/]
* [Writing udev rules|http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php]
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blkid is provided by the libblkid1 package under [Ubuntu] (and [Debian] Sarge, I believe).
These approaches should all integrate reasonably well with the standard automounting facilities available in modern distributions.
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+!! Locking down a device name
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+If you have multiple sound cards, network cards or multiple any device the kernel might change the order randomly. One time eth0 will be one card and eth1 the other - next time it might be eth1 for the first card and udev doesn't seem to be able to override this. To get around this use udev to call them a different name e.g. lan0 and lan1. Your eth0 and eth1 will still exist but use the lan0 and lan1 in other areas instead.
