[systemd-devel] What does udevd do

[Tomasz Torcz]

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 09:53:36PM +0800, cee1 wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> If a service wants to be notified when a device is plugged in, it
> invokes routines of libudev which actually:
> * Receive notifications from the kernel via NETLINK socket.
> * Query the detailed info from /sys/...
> 
> Am I right?
> 
> Then udevd is only responsible for
> 1) Making nodes, and doing other device initialization stuffs.

  udev does not make device nodes.  It parses rules, makes symlinks,
changes permissions etc.
  udev also maintains database with device informations.

> 2) Notifying systemd, let systemd start related daemons.

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