udev
Sign in to saveudev (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.
Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Part of
- systemd
- Official website
- www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
- Has use
- device file
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- replaces
- devfs
- software version identifier
- 260.1
- operating system
- Linux
- different from
- Udyov
- source code repository URL
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0
- end time
- 2012-00-00
- programmed in
- C
Sources (8)
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Article · Português
udev (userspace /dev) é um gerenciador de dispositivo para o núcleo do Linux. Como o sucessor do e , o udev primeiramente gerencia nós de dispositivo no diretório /dev. Ao mesmo tempo, o udev também manipula todos os eventos de espaço de usuário lançados quando dispositivos de hardware são adicionados no sistema ou removidos dele, incluindo carga de firmware, como requerido por certos dispositivos.
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