--- udev-039/namedev.h.norm	2004-10-16 00:08:29.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-039/namedev.h	2004-10-21 16:31:46.436124429 +0200
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #define FIELD_KERNEL		"KERNEL"
 #define FIELD_NAME		"NAME"
 #define FIELD_SYMLINK		"SYMLINK"
+#define FIELD_NOREMOVE		"NOREMOVE"
 #define FIELD_OWNER		"OWNER"
 #define FIELD_GROUP		"GROUP"
 #define FIELD_MODE		"MODE"
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
 	struct sysfs_pair sysfs_pair[MAX_SYSFS_PAIRS];
 	char owner[OWNER_SIZE];
 	char group[GROUP_SIZE];
+	char noremove;
 	unsigned int mode;
 	int partitions;
 	char config_file[NAME_SIZE];
--- udev-039/udev_remove.c.norm	2004-10-16 00:08:29.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-039/udev_remove.c	2004-10-21 16:31:46.438124139 +0200
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@
 
 	strfieldcpy(filename, udev_root);
 	strfieldcat(filename, dev->name);
+	
+	if ( dev->noremove != 0) {
+		info("not removing device node '%s', because of rule", filename);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	info("removing device node '%s'", filename);
 	retval = secure_unlink(filename);
--- udev-039/namedev_parse.c.norm	2004-10-16 00:08:29.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-039/namedev_parse.c	2004-10-21 16:37:01.640537113 +0200
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
 	dbg_parse("name='%s', symlink='%s', bus='%s', place='%s', id='%s', "
 		  "sysfs_file[0]='%s', sysfs_value[0]='%s', "
 		  "kernel='%s', program='%s', result='%s'"
-		  "owner='%s', group='%s', mode=%#o",
+		  "owner='%s', group='%s', mode=%#o remove=%d",
 		  dev->name, dev->symlink, dev->bus, dev->place, dev->id,
 		  dev->sysfs_pair[0].file, dev->sysfs_pair[0].value,
 		  dev->kernel, dev->program, dev->result,
-		  dev->owner, dev->group, dev->mode);
+		  dev->owner, dev->group, dev->mode, dev->noremove);
 }
 
 void dump_config_dev_list(void)
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			if (strcasecmp(temp2, FIELD_NOREMOVE) == 0) {
+				dev.noremove = strtol(temp3, NULL, 10);
+				valid = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			if (strcasecmp(temp2, FIELD_RESULT) == 0) {
 				strfieldcpy(dev.result, temp3);
 				valid = 1;
--- udev-039/namedev.c.norm	2004-10-16 00:08:30.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-039/namedev.c	2004-10-21 16:31:46.448122693 +0200
@@ -738,12 +738,15 @@
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, &config_device_list, node) {
 		dbg("process rule");
 		if (match_rule(dev, class_dev, udev, sysfs_device) == 0) {
-			if (dev->name[0] == '\0' && dev->symlink[0] == '\0') {
+			if (dev->name[0] == '\0' && dev->symlink[0] == '\0' && dev->noremove == 0) {
 				info("configured rule in '%s' at line %i applied, '%s' is ignored",
 				     dev->config_file, dev->config_line, udev->kernel_name);
 				return -1;
 			}
+			if (dev->noremove != 0) {
+				udev->noremove = dev->noremove;
+			}
 
 			if (dev->symlink[0] != '\0') {
 				char temp[NAME_SIZE];
 
--- udev-039/udev.h.norm	2004-10-21 16:31:46.393130647 +0200
+++ udev-039/udev.h	2004-10-21 16:31:46.442123561 +0200
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 	char owner[OWNER_SIZE];
 	char group[GROUP_SIZE];
 	char type;
+	char noremove;
 	int major;
 	int minor;
 	unsigned int mode;	/* not mode_t due to conflicting definitions in different libcs */
--- udev-039/udevinfo.c.norm	2004-10-21 16:31:46.408128478 +0200
+++ udev-039/udevinfo.c	2004-10-21 16:31:46.443123416 +0200
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 	printf("F: %s\n", dev->config_file);
 	printf("L: %i\n", dev->config_line);
 	printf("U: %li\n", dev->config_uptime);
+	printf("R: %d\n", dev->noremove);
 	printf("\n");
 	return 0;
 }