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Developer(s) | Greg Kroah-Hartman and Kay Sievers |
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Initial release | November 2003 |
Stable release | 256.7[1]
/ 8 October 2024 |
Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Linux |
Type | Device node |
License | GPLv2 |
Website | Official website |
udev (userspace /dev) is a device manager for the Linux kernel. As the successor of devfsd and hotplug, udev primarily manages device nodes in the /dev directory. At the same time, udev also handles all user space events raised when hardware devices are added into the system or removed from it, including firmware loading as required by certain devices.