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Udev
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udev (userspace ) is a device manager and a device API set for the Linux kernel. As the successor of devfsd and hotplug, udev primarily manages device nodes in the directory. At the same time, udev also handles all user space events raised when hardware devices are added into the system or removed from it, including firmware loading as required by certain devices. udev was developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman and Kay Sievers, with much help from Dan Stekloff, among others.

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Software.name
systemd
Software.title
udev
Software.developer
Greg Kroah-Hartman and Kay Sievers
Software.programming language
C
Software.operating system
Linux
Software.genre
Device node
Software.license
GPLv2

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Udev è il gestore dei dispositivi per il kernel linux. Viene eseguito in spazio utente e amministra dinamicamente i dispositivi a blocchi per ogni periferica rilevata nel sistema.

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