.TH udevmod 8

'''

.SH NAME

\fBudevmod\fR \- udev event monitor / kernel module auto-loader

'''

.SH DESCRIPTION

Some drivers within the kernel include special MODALIAS entry in their udev

events to let the userspace figure out a suitable driver for un-handled devices

sitting on some enumerable buses. When such events arrive, udevmod spawns

\fBmodprobe\fR to check for modules.

.P

In common PC systems, this service is responsible for loading PCI device

drivers, including DRI modules for video output.

.P

This service also provides some compatibility for userspace applications

written around libudev, namely event re-transmission in libudev format and

input device tagging.

'''

.SH FILES

.IP "/etc/udev/modpipe" 4

This script is spawned during startup, and gets a list of module aliases

to be loaded on stdin. See \fBmodprobe\fR(1) pipe-mode, \fB-p\fR.

.IP "/etc/udev/modprobe" 4

This script is spawned whenever a module needs to be loaded past the startup

stage. It most cases it should invoke \fBmodprobe\fR(1).

'''

.SH SEE ALSO

\fBmodprobe\fR(8)