From f0044c480c4da9c5818fe7a0973cd5529314d14b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 06:53:50 +0000
Subject: add support for renaming/relocating device nodes

---
 docs/mdev.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs/mdev.txt')

diff --git a/docs/mdev.txt b/docs/mdev.txt
index 4a4451b4d..38f1da964 100644
--- a/docs/mdev.txt
+++ b/docs/mdev.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used.  To set your own default, simply
 create your own total match like so:
 	.* 1:1 777
 
+You can rename/relocate device nodes by using the next optional field.
+	<device regex> <uid>:<gid> <octal permissions> [>path]
+So if you want to place the device node into a subdirectory, make sure the path
+has a trailing /.  If you want to rename the device node, just place the name.
+	hda 0:3 660 >drives/
+This will relocate "hda" into the drives/ subdirectory.
+	hdb 0:3 660 >cdrom
+This will rename "hdb" to "cdrom".
+
 If you also enable support for executing your own commands, then the file has
 the format:
 	<device regex> <uid>:<gid> <octal permissions> [<@|$|*> <command>]
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