[PATCH] clarify udevinfo device walk

[PATCH] clarify udevinfo device walk

[Kay Sievers]

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It seems that the long attribute list can confuse the user.
Se here we print a few words on top the attributes.

thanks,
Kay

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===== udevinfo.c 1.14 vs edited =====
--- 1.14/udevinfo.c	Wed Feb 25 01:04:14 2004
+++ edited/udevinfo.c	Tue Mar  2 00:46:03 2004
@@ -148,7 +148,14 @@
 		retval = -1;
 		goto exit;
 	}
-	printf("\ndevice '%s' has major:minor %s", class_dev->path, attr->value);
+
+	printf("\nudevinfo starts with the device the node belongs to and then walks up the\n"
+	       "device chain to print for every device found all possibly useful attributes\n"
+	       "in the udev key format.\n"
+	       "Only attributes within one device section may be used in a rule to match the\n"
+	       "device for which the node will be created.\n"
+	       "\n");
+	printf("device '%s' has major:minor %s", class_dev->path, attr->value);
 	sysfs_close_attribute(attr);
 
 	/* open sysfs class device directory and print all attributes */

Re: [PATCH] clarify udevinfo device walk

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 12:52:37AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> It seems that the long attribute list can confuse the user.
> Se here we print a few words on top the attributes.

Applied, thanks.

greg k-h


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