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2.3.7 Hotplug detection and device node naming
When devices are attached to the system, events are generated by
/sbin/hotplug. These events are intercepted by udev (running in user space).
From the hotplug event, udev obtains device information form sysfs, and
dynamically adds the appropriate device node to the /dev/directory.
In order to ensure consistent and deterministic device node naming, udev using
device naming conventions specified in a rules file. Rules in this file specify what
device node name is assigned by udev (based on attributes of the device
obtained from sysfs). Each distribution for Linux on zSe ...