how to see device name given by kernel

[Roman Glebov]

Kay Sievers wrote:

>On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 05:47:49PM +0100, Roman Glebov wrote:
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>>How can i see the name kernel gave to the device ?
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>The name of the device directory in sysfs.
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>>for example in rules.conf of udev you see this KERNEL keys
>>they come from kernel environment passed to the udev,
>>but udevmonitor -e does not show them.
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>udev issues are usually handled at:
>  linux-hotplug-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
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>>So what is the way to see what does the kernel pass to udev ?
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>It's simply the last part of the devpath, the string after the
>last slash you see in udevmonitor. There is no explicit name
>the kernel exports.
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>Kay
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thank you, it is unbelivable, but i could not find any documentation on 
that issue


Roman Glebov