From 505707490a201c27121dbeb27101fe0c9b5f9664 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mario Hros Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:56:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] hwdb: Add information on where to find identifiers --- hwdb/60-sensor.hwdb | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/hwdb/60-sensor.hwdb b/hwdb/60-sensor.hwdb index 4b165537a7a..5837cd18647 100644 --- a/hwdb/60-sensor.hwdb +++ b/hwdb/60-sensor.hwdb @@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ # Match string formats: # sensor:modalias::dmi: # +# The device modalias can be seen in the `modalias` file +# of the sensor parent, for example: +# cat /sys/`udevadm info -q path -n /dev/iio:device0`/../modalias +# +# The full DMI string of the running machine can be read from +# /sys/class/dmi/id/modalias +# That requires a kernel built with CONFIG_DMIID set, which is common. +# The full DMI string is not needed here and the meaning of individual parts +# can be seen in the source of the DMIID kernel module +# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c +# # To add local entries, create a new file # /etc/udev/hwdb.d/61-sensor-local.hwdb # and add your rules there. To load the new rules execute (as root): -- 2.39.5