[git commit] mdev.txt: explain the meaning of a leading "-"

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Tue Sep 25 11:20:17 UTC 2018


commit: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=d1cd3da1e5cf68921b81c04e0d4be571c96976a2
branch: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=refs/heads/master

If a line in mdev.conf starts with "-", parsing will continue even if
a match is found in that line.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin at kaiser.cx>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>
---
 docs/mdev.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/mdev.txt b/docs/mdev.txt
index b24025f7b..b13a0bb93 100644
--- a/docs/mdev.txt
+++ b/docs/mdev.txt
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ or
 For example:
 	hd[a-z][0-9]* 0:3 660
 
-The config file parsing stops at the first matching line.  If no line is
-matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used.  To set your own default, simply
-create your own total match like so:
+The config file parsing stops at the first matching line unless this line
+starts with "-". If no line is matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used.
+To set your own default, simply create your own total match like so:
 
 	.* 1:1 777
 


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