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List:       linux-hotplug
Subject:    Re: Make udev re-process the rules database?
From:       "Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers () vrfy ! org>
Date:       2008-07-03 18:38:49
Message-ID: 3ae72650807031138v30e08099xf9a423ebfbbe86bd () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 19:29, Matthew Dharm
<mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:
> Is there a way to easily make udev re-process the rules database?
>
> The scenario I found was when I was messing with rules that applied to
> ttyS[0-3].  I would change a rule, and then I couldn't figure out how to
> simulate a removal/insertion event to test the new rule.
>
> Yes, I could use some udev tools to get a simulation of what the rules
> would do, but that's not the same thing.  And, depending on what I was
> changing, the simulation would not give me correct information about what
> would happen.
>
> I wound up doing a lot of rebooting... but is there an easier way?

Echo "remove"/"add" to /dev$DEVPATH/uevent?

Kay
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