[PATCH] xfree86: mention udev in AutoAddDevices option

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Wed Jan 11 19:13:14 PST 2012


And point out what "hotplugging" means.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
---
 hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man b/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
index 5790185..c1b3c4f 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
+++ b/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
@@ -659,8 +659,8 @@ Allow modules built for a different, potentially incompatible version of
 the X server to load. Disabled by default.
 .TP 7
 .BI "Option \*qAutoAddDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from HAL events.
-Enabled by default.
+If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from the HAL or
+udev backends. Enabled by default.
 .TP 7
 .BI "Option \*qAutoEnableDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q
 If this option is disabled, then the devices will be added (and the
@@ -802,8 +802,8 @@ Recent X servers employ HAL or udev backends for input device enumeration
 and input hotplugging. It is usually not
 necessary to provide
 .B InputDevice
-sections in the xorg.conf if hotplugging is in use. If hotplugging is
-enabled,
+sections in the xorg.conf if hotplugging is in use (i.e. AutoAddDevices is
+enabled). If hotplugging is enabled,
 .B InputDevice
 sections using the
 .B mouse, kbd
-- 
1.7.7.5



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