[systemd-devel] Udevd and dev file creation

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 05:14:49PM +0530, Nishant Nayan wrote:
> I have started reading about udevd.
> I was trying to find out if there is a way to play with udev without
> plugging in/out any devices.
> Is there a way to trigger a uevent without plugging in devices?

Yes, look at the man page for udevadm.  It lets you trigger any uevent
for the devices in your system that you want.

But again, remember for almost everything, udev does not create /dev/
nodes, that is done by the kernel itself.

good luck!

greg k-h