udev(7) manpage: Fix description of $attr

Fix the manpage to describe the real behaviour of $attr: It doesn't search all parent devices any more, just the one selected by KERNELS etc. https://launchpad.net/bugs/348513
2010-08-27 16:56:32 +02:00
parent 38b5ccbcf7
commit 83184d008b
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -578,8 +578,9 @@
          <listitem>
            <para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device, where
            all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not have
-            such an attribute, follow the chain of parent devices and use the value
-            of the first attribute that matches.
+            such an attribute, and a previous KERNELS, SUBSYSTEMS, DRIVERS, or
+            ATTRS test selected a parent device, use the attribute from that
+            parent device.
            If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
            returned as the value.</para>
          </listitem>