udev (简体中文)

udev 是 Linux 内核的设备管理器。总的来说，它取代了 devfs 和 hotplug，负责管理 /dev 中的设备节点。同时，udev 也处理所有用户空间发生的硬件添加、删除事件，以及某些特定设备所需的固件加载。

udev 取代了hotplug 和 hwdetect两个工具。

与传统的顺序加载相比，udev 通过并行加载内核模块提供了潜在的性能优势。异步加载模块的方式也有一个天生的缺点：无法保证每次加载模块的顺序，如果机器具有多个块设备，那么它们的设备节点可能随机变化。例如如果有两个硬盘，/dev/sda 可能会随机变成/dev/sdb。本文后面有更详细的信息。

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1 安装
2 udev 规则
- 2.1 编写 udev 规则
- 2.2 列出设备属性
- 2.3 加载前测试规则
- 2.4 加载新规则
3 Udisks
4 提示与技巧
- 4.1 访问固件编程器（烧录器）和 USB 虚拟串行设备
- 4.2 USB 插入时执行规则
- 4.3 VGA 线缆接入时执行规则
- 4.4 侦测新的 eSATA 设备
- 4.5 将内置 SATA 接口标记为 eSATA
- 4.6 设置静态设备名
  - 4.6.1 视频设备
  - 4.6.2 打印机
  - 4.6.3 USB 闪存设备
- 4.7 唤醒挂起的 USB 设备
- 4.8 触发事件
5 排错
- 5.1 屏蔽模块
- 5.2 udevd 引导时挂起
- 5.3 BusLogic
- 5.4 一些移动设备不可移除
- 5.5 声音问题和一些不能自动加载的模块
- 5.6 IDE CD/DVD 驱动器的支持
- 5.7 光驱被标识为磁盘
6 参阅

安装

Udev 现在是 systemd 的组成部分，默认已安装。有关信息请查阅 systemd-udevd.service(8) 的手册页。

AUR 里有一个独立的 Udev 派生版：eudev。

udev 规则

udev 规则以管理员身份编写并保存在 /etc/udev/rules.d/ 目录，其文件名必须以 .rules 结尾。各种软件包提供的规则文件位于 /lib/udev/rules.d/。如果 /usr/lib 和 /etc 这两个目录中有同名文件，则 /etc中的文件优先。

编写 udev 规则

警告: 要挂载可移动设备，请不要通过在 udev 规则中调用 mount 命令的方法。对 FUSE 文件系统将会导致 Transport endpoint not connected 错误。应代之以 udisks 以正确处理自动挂载。或者把挂载动作放在 udev 规则内部：

将 /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-udevd.service 复制到 /etc/systemd/system/systemd-udevd.service，将 MountFlags=slave 替换为 MountFlags=shared。（来源）

Keep in mind though that udev is not intended to invoke long-running processes.

要想学习写udev规则，请访问编写 udev 规则。（译注：这里有一篇转载的该文简体中文译本）
要想查看 udev 规则的例子，请查阅上述文章的范例章节。

下面是一个规则的实例，给出的是当接入一个摄像头时创建一个符号链接 /dev/video-cam1 。首先，我们发现摄像头被接入并且被挂载为 /dev/video2 设备。写下这条规则的原因是由于下一次引导时这个设备可能会有个不同的名字，比如 /dev/video0。

# udevadm info -a -p $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/video2)

Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format. A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device and the attributes from one single parent device.looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/video4linux/video2':KERNEL=="video2"SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux"...looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0':KERNELS=="3-2:1.0"SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"...looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb3/3-2':KERNELS=="3-2"SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"...ATTRS{idVendor}=="05a9"...ATTRS{manufacturer}=="OmniVision Technologies, Inc."ATTRS{removable}=="unknown"ATTRS{idProduct}=="4519"ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00"ATTRS{product}=="USB Camera"...

From the video4linux device we use KERNEL=="video2" and SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux", then we match the webcam using vendor and product ID's from the usb parent SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05a9" and ATTRS{idProduct}=="4519".

/etc/udev/rules.d/83-webcam.rules

KERNEL=="video[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4519", SYMLINK+="video-cam1"

In the example above we create a symlink using SYMLINK+="video-cam1" but we could easily set user OWNER="john" or group using GROUP="video" or set the permissions using MODE="0660". However, if you intend to write a rule to do something when a device is being removed, be aware that device attributes may not be accessible. In this case, you will have to work with preset device environment variables. To monitor those environment variables, execute the following command while unplugging your device:

# udevadm monitor --environment --udev

In this command's output, you will see value pairs such as ID_VENDOR_ID and ID_MODEL_ID, which match your previously used attributes "idVendor" and "idProduct". A rule that uses device environment variables may look like this:

/etc/udev/rules.d/83-webcam-removed.rules

ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{ID_VENDOR_ID}=="05a9", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="4519", RUN+="/path/to/your/script"

列出设备属性

To get a list of all of the attributes of a device you can use to write rules, run this command:

# udevadm info -a -n [device name]

Replace [device name] with the device present in the system, such as /dev/sda or /dev/ttyUSB0.

If you do not know the device name you can also list all attributes of a specific system path:

# udevadm info -a -p /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0

加载前测试规则

# udevadm test $(udevadm info -q path -n [device name]) 2>&1

This will not perform all actions in your new rules but it will however process symlink rules on existing devices which might come in handy if you are unable to load them otherwise. You can also directly provide the path to the device you want to test the udev rule for:

# udevadm test /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/

加载新规则

Udev 自动侦测规则文件的变化，所以修改会立即生效，无需重启 udev。但已接入设备的规则不会自动触发。像 USB 这类热插拔设备也许需要重新插拔才能使新规则生效，也可能需要卸载并重载内核的 ohci-hcd 和 ehci-hcd 模块以重新挂载所有 USB 设备。

如果规则自动重载失败

# udevadm control --reload

可以手工强制触发规则

# udevadm trigger

Udisks

参阅 Udisks.

提示与技巧

访问固件编程器（烧录器）和 USB 虚拟串行设备

The factual accuracy of this article or section is disputed.

Reason: Making a device world-writable is not secure. (Discuss in Talk:Udev (简体中文)#)

This article or section needs language, wiki syntax or style improvements.

Reason: One example is enough, others can surely be found with lsusb. (Discuss in Talk:Udev (简体中文)#)

The following ruleset will allow normal users (within the "users" group) the ability to access the USBtinyISP USB programmer for AVR microcontrollers and a generic (SiLabs CP2102) USB to UART adapter, the Atmel AVR Dragon programmer, and the Atmel AVR ISP mkII. Adjust the permissions accordingly. Verified as of 31-10-2012.

/etc/udev/rules.d/50-embedded_devices.rules

# USBtinyISP Programmer rules
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1781", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0c9f", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="16c0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0479", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"# USBasp Programmer rules http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="16c0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="05dc", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"# Mdfly.com Generic (SiLabs CP2102) 3.3v/5v USB VComm adapter
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="ea60", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"#Atmel AVR Dragon (dragon_isp) rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2107", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"#Atmel AVR JTAGICEMKII rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2103", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"#Atmel Corp. AVR ISP mkII
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2104", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"#Atmel Copr. JTAGICE3
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2140", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"

USB 插入时执行规则

See the Execute on USB insert article or the devmon wrapper script.

VGA 线缆接入时执行规则

Create the rule /etc/udev/rules.d/95-monitor-hotplug.rules with the following content to launch arandr on plug in of a VGA monitor cable:

KERNEL=="card0", SUBSYSTEM=="drm", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/username/.Xauthority", RUN+="/usr/bin/arandr"

侦测新的 eSATA 设备

If your eSATA drive is not detected when you plug it in, there are a few things you can try. You can reboot with the eSATA plugged in. Or you could try

# echo 0 0 0 | tee /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/scan

Or you could install scsiadd^AUR (from the AUR) and try

# scsiadd -s

Hopefully, your drive is now in /dev. If it is not, you could try the above commands while running

# udevadm monitor

to see if anything is actually happening.

将内置 SATA 接口标记为 eSATA

If you connected a eSATA bay or an other eSATA adapter the system will still recognize this disk as an internal SATA drive. GNOME and KDE will ask you for your root password all the time. The following rule will mark the specified SATA-Port as an external eSATA-Port. With that, a normal GNOME user can connect their eSATA drives to that port like a USB drive, without any root password and so on.

/etc/udev/rules.d/10-esata.rules

DEVPATH=="/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host4/*", ENV{UDISKS_SYSTEM}="0"

Note: The DEVPATH can be found after connection the eSATA drive with the following commands (replace sdb accordingly):

# udevadm info -q path -n /dev/sdb
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sdb

# find /sys/devices/ -name sdb
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sdb

设置静态设备名

由于 udev 异步加载所有模块，使得它们被初始化的次序不同。这将导致设备会随机改变名称。可以添加一条 udev 规则使得设备使用静态名称。

对于块设备和网络设备的规则配置，请分别参阅块设备持久化命名和网络配置-设备命名。

视频设备

For setting up the webcam in the first place, refer to Webcam configuration.

Using multiple webcams, useful for example with motion (software motion detector which grabs images from video4linux devices and/or from webcams), will assign video devices as /dev/video0..n randomly on boot. The recommended solution is to create symlinks using an udev rule (as in the example in #编写 udev 规则：

/etc/udev/rules.d/83-webcam.rules

KERNEL=="video[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4519", SYMLINK+="video-cam1"
KERNEL=="video[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="08f6", SYMLINK+="video-cam2"
KERNEL=="video[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0840", SYMLINK+="video-cam3"

Note: Using names other than /dev/video* will break preloading of v4l1compat.so and perhaps v4l2convert.so

打印机

If you use multiple printers, /dev/lp[0-9] devices will be assigned randomly on boot, which will break e.g. CUPS configuration.

You can create following rule, which will create symlinks under /dev/lp/by-id and /dev/lp/by-path, similar to Persistent block device naming scheme:

/etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-printer.rules

ACTION=="remove", GOTO="persistent_printer_end"# This should not be necessary
#KERNEL!="lp*", GOTO="persistent_printer_end"SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", IMPORT{builtin}="usb_id"
ENV{ID_TYPE}!="printer", GOTO="persistent_printer_end"ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="?*", SYMLINK+="lp/by-id/$env{ID_BUS}-$env{ID_SERIAL}"IMPORT{builtin}="path_id"
ENV{ID_PATH}=="?*", SYMLINK+="lp/by-path/$env{ID_PATH}"LABEL="persistent_printer_end"

USB 闪存设备

USB flash devices usually contain partitions, and partition labels are one way to have a static naming for a device. Another way is to create a udev rule for it.

Get the serial number and USB ids from the USB flash drive (if you use multiple of the same make, you might have to check the serial is indeed unique):

lsusb -v | grep -A 5 Vendor

Create a udev rule for it by adding the following to a file in /etc/udev/rules.d/, such as 8-usbstick.rules:

KERNEL=="sd*", ATTRS{serial}=="$SERIAL", ATTRS{idVendor}=="$VENDOR", ATTRS{idProduct}=="$PRODUCT" SYMLINK+="$SYMLINK%n"

Replace $SERIAL, $VENDOR, $PRODUCT from above output accordingly and $SYMLINK with the desired name. %n will expand to the partition number. For example, if the device has two partitions, two symlinks will be created. You do not need to go with the 'serial' attribute. If you have a custom rule of your own, you can put it in as well (e.g. using the vendor name).

Rescan sysfs:

udevadm trigger

Now check the contents of /dev:

ls /dev

It should show the device with the desired name.

唤醒挂起的 USB 设备

First, find vendor and product ID of your device, for example

# lsusb | grep Logitech

Bus 007 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver

Now change the power/wakeup attribute of the device and the USB controller it is connected to, which is in this case driver/usb7/power/wakeup. Use the following rule:

/etc/udev/rules.d/50-wake-on-device.rules

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c52b", ATTR{power/wakeup}="enabled", ATTR{driver/usb7/power/wakeup}="enabled"

Note: Also make sure the USB controller is enabled in /proc/acpi/wakeup.

触发事件

This article or section is a candidate for merging with #Testing rules before loading.

Notes: similar trick (Discuss in Talk:Udev (简体中文)#)

It can be useful to trigger various udev events. For example, you might want to simulate a USB device disconnect on a remote machine. In such cases, use udevadm trigger:

# udevadm trigger -v -t subsystems -c remove -s usb -a "idVendor=abcd"

This command will trigger a USB remove event on all USB devices with vendor ID abcd.

排错

屏蔽模块

极个别情况下，udev 也会犯错或加载错误的模块。为了防止错误的发生，你可以使用模块禁用列表。只要模块加入该列表，无论是启动时，或者是运行时（如usb硬盘等）udev都不会加载这些模块。参见blacklisting.

udevd 引导时挂起

After migrating to LDAP or updating an LDAP-backed system udevd can hang at boot at the message "Starting UDev Daemon". This is usually caused by udevd trying to look up a name from LDAP but failing, because the network is not up yet. The solution is to ensure that all system group names are present locally.

Extract the group names referenced in udev rules and the group names actually present on the system:

# fgrep -r GROUP /etc/udev/rules.d/ /usr/lib/udev/rules.d | perl -nle '/GROUP\s*=\s*"(.*?)"/ && print $1;' | sort | uniq > udev_groups
# cut -f1 -d: /etc/gshadow /etc/group | sort | uniq > present_groups

To see the differences, do a side-by-side diff:

# diff -y present_groups udev_groups
...
network                               <
nobody                                <
ntp                               <
optical                             optical
power                                 | pcscd
rfkill                                <
root                                root
scanner                             scanner
smmsp                                 <
storage                             storage
...

In this case, the pcscd group is for some reason not present in the system. Add the missing groups. Also, make sure that local resources are looked up before resorting to LDAP. /etc/nsswitch.conf should contain the following line:

group: files ldap

BusLogic

BusLogic 设备被损坏而且导致启动时死机。这是一个内核的Bug目前还没有修正。

一些移动设备不可移除

创建自定义 udev 规则，设置 UDISKS_SYSTEM_INTERNAL=0。参见 udisks 手册。

声音问题和一些不能自动加载的模块

一些用户发现 /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf 中的遗留配置会引起这些问题，请清理配置并重试。

注意: 从 udev>=171 开始 OSS 模拟模块( snd_seq_oss, snd_pcm_oss, snd_mixer_oss) 默认不会自动装载。

IDE CD/DVD 驱动器的支持

Starting with version 170, udev does not support CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives that are loaded as traditional IDE drives with the ide_cd_mod module and show up as /dev/hd*. The drive remains usable for tools which access the hardware directly, like cdparanoia, but is invisible for higher userspace programs, like KDE.

A cause for the loading of the ide_cd_mod module prior to others, like sr_mod, could be e.g. that you have for some reason the module piix loaded with your initramfs. In that case you can just replace it with ata_piix in your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.

光驱被标识为磁盘

If the group ID of your optical drive is set to disk and you want to have it set to optical, you have to create a custom udev rule:

/etc/udev/rules.d

# permissions for IDE CD devices
SUBSYSTEMS=="ide", KERNEL=="hd[a-z]", ATTR{removable}=="1", ATTRS{media}=="cdrom*", GROUP="optical"# permissions for SCSI CD devices
SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="s[rg][0-9]*", ATTRS{type}=="5", GROUP="optical"

参阅

udev 主页
udev 介绍
udev 邮件列表
Scripting with udev
编写 udev 规则