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<refentry id="systemd-udevd.service"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-udevd.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-udevd.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-udevd-control.socket</refname>
<refname>systemd-udevd-kernel.socket</refname>
<refname>systemd-udevd</refname>
<refpurpose>Device event managing daemon</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename></para>
<para><filename>systemd-udevd-control.socket</filename></para>
<para><filename>systemd-udevd-kernel.socket</filename></para>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd</command>
<arg><option>--daemon</option></arg>
<arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
<arg><option>--children-max=</option></arg>
<arg><option>--exec-delay=</option></arg>
<arg><option>--event-timeout=</option></arg>
<arg><option>--resolve-names=early|late|never</option></arg>
<arg><option>--version</option></arg>
<arg><option>--help</option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-udevd</command> listens to kernel uevents.
For every event, systemd-udevd executes matching instructions
specified in udev rules. See <citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>.</para>
<para>The behavior of the daemon can be configured using
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
its command line options, environment variables, and on the kernel
command line, or changed dynamically with <command>udevadm
control</command>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-d</option></term>
<term><option>--daemon</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Detach and run in the background.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-D</option></term>
<term><option>--debug</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Print debug messages to standard error.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-c=</option></term>
<term><option>--children-max=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Limit the number of events executed in parallel.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-e=</option></term>
<term><option>--exec-delay=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Delay the execution of <varname>RUN</varname>
instructions by the given number of seconds. This option
might be useful when debugging system crashes during
coldplug caused by loading non-working kernel
modules.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-t=</option></term>
<term><option>--event-timeout=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Set the number of seconds to wait for events to finish. After
this time, the event will be terminated. The default is 180 seconds.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-N=</option></term>
<term><option>--resolve-names=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specify when systemd-udevd should resolve names of users and groups.
When set to <option>early</option> (the default), names will be
resolved when the rules are parsed. When set to
<option>late</option>, names will be resolved for every event.
When set to <option>never</option>, names will never be resolved
and all devices will be owned by root.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Kernel command line</title>
<variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
<para>Parameters starting with "rd." will be read when
<command>systemd-udevd</command> is used in an initrd.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>udev.log_priority=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.log_priority=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Set the log level.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>udev.children_max=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.children_max=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Limit the number of events executed in parallel.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>udev.exec_delay=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.exec_delay=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Delay the execution of <varname>RUN</varname> instructions by the given
number of seconds. This option might be useful when
debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading
non-working kernel modules.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>udev.event_timeout=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.event_timeout=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Wait for events to finish up to the given number
of seconds. This option might be useful if events are
terminated due to kernel drivers taking too long to initialize.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>net.ifnames=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names
when possible. It is enabled by default; specifying 0 disables it.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>net.naming-scheme=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names when possible (unless
<varname>net.ifnames=0</varname> is specified, see above). The names are derived from various
device metadata fields. Newer versions of <filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename> take more of
these fields into account, improving (and thus possibly changing) the names used for the same
devices. With this kernel command line option it is possible to pick a specific version of this
algorithm. It expects a naming scheme identifier as argument. Currently the following identifiers
are known: <literal>v238</literal>, <literal>v239</literal>, <literal>v240</literal> which each
implement the naming scheme that was the default in the indicated systemd version. In addition,
<literal>latest</literal> may be used to designate the latest scheme known (to this particular
version of <filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename>).</para>
<para>Note that selecting a specific scheme is not sufficient to fully stabilize interface naming:
the naming is generally derived from driver attributes exposed by the kernel. As the kernel is
updated, previously missing attributes <filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename> is checking might
appear, which affects older name derivation algorithms, too.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>