Udev is a Linux process that manages device file entries under /dev
Udev is a Linux system process that manages device names and device file creation. It listens to events from the kernel and adds or removes entries under /dev based on configurable rules.
Further reading
- How to run custom scripts upon USB device plug-in?
- How to assign USB driver to device
- List all udev rules (e.g. for a device)?
- Understand output of `udevadm info -a -n /dev/sdb`
- What is the correct way to write a udev rule to stop a service under systemd
- Call notify-send from an udev rule
- A tool for automatically applying RandR configuration when external display is plugged in
