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authorMichal Sekletar <msekleta@redhat.com>2019-01-21 23:05:46 +0100
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2019-01-22 08:20:09 +0100
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man: document db_persist udev rules OPTION
Fixes #1551
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<para>Disable the watching of a device node with inotify.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>db_persist</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set the flag (sticky bit) on the udev database entry
+ of the event device. Device properties are then kept in the
+ database even when
+ <command>udevadm info --cleanup-db</command> is called.
+ This option can be useful in certain cases
+ (e.g. Device Mapper devices) for persisting device state
+ on the transition from initramfs.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>