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-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/udev.rst31
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/index.rst b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/index.rst
index dbc41950d328..14da36fe4d01 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/index.rst
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ License".
opera-firmware
technisat
ttusb-dec
+ udev
contributors
diff --git a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/udev.rst b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/udev.rst
index 412305b7c557..7d7d5d82108a 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/udev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/udev.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
+UDEV rules for DVB
+==================
+
+.. note::
+
+ #) This documentation is outdated. Udev on modern distributions auto-detect
+ the DVB devices.
+
+ #) **TODO:** change this document to explain how to make DVB devices
+ persistent, as, when a machine has multiple devices, they may be detected
+ on different orders, which could cause apps that relies on the device
+ numbers to fail.
+
The DVB subsystem currently registers to the sysfs subsystem using the
"class_simple" interface.
This means that only the basic information like module loading parameters
are presented through sysfs. Other things that might be interesting are
-currently *not* available.
+currently **not** available.
Nevertheless it's now possible to add proper udev rules so that the
DVB device nodes are created automatically.
@@ -21,10 +34,11 @@ The script should be called "dvb.sh" and should be placed into a script
dir where udev can execute it, most likely /etc/udev/scripts/
So, create a new file /etc/udev/scripts/dvb.sh and add the following:
-------------------------------schnipp------------------------------------------------
-#!/bin/sh
-/bin/echo $1 | /bin/sed -e 's,dvb\([0-9]\)\.\([^0-9]*\)\([0-9]\),dvb/adapter\1/\2\3,'
-------------------------------schnipp------------------------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ /bin/echo $1 | /bin/sed -e 's,dvb\([0-9]\)\.\([^0-9]*\)\([0-9]\),dvb/adapter\1/\2\3,'
Don't forget to make the script executable with "chmod".
@@ -34,9 +48,10 @@ directory for rule files. The main udev configuration file /etc/udev/udev.conf
will tell you the directory where the rules are, most likely it's /etc/udev/rules.d/
Create a new rule file in that directory called "dvb.rule" and add the following line:
-------------------------------schnipp------------------------------------------------
-KERNEL="dvb*", PROGRAM="/etc/udev/scripts/dvb.sh %k", NAME="%c"
-------------------------------schnipp------------------------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ KERNEL="dvb*", PROGRAM="/etc/udev/scripts/dvb.sh %k", NAME="%c"
If you want more control over the device nodes (for example a special group membership)
have a look at "man udev".