udev ignoring my rules

[cdburner]

Being new to udev, I read tutorials, howtos, and everything else I could find to create the following rule:

SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{class}=="0xff0000", ATTR{device}=="0x0363", ATTR{vendor}=="0x193f", NAME="myboard"

The problem I am having, is that the device node does not show up as "myboard" (I don't know if it even shows up in /dev/ at all, since I don't know what the kernel would name a device of class 0xff0000 by default).

I got the matching rules via udevinfo -ap /sys/bus/pci/devices/<device_number>.

I have tried placing the rule in 10-local.rules and 98-local.rules at different times, to no effect.

When reviewing the kernel log, I find the following messages:

"udev_rules_get_run: rule applied, 'aha_363_board' is ignored"
and
"udev_device_event: device event will be ignored"


It appears to me that udev is ignoring the rule that requests naming the device node "myboard". Can anyone tell me:

1) If this deduction is correct, and if so, why?
2) If my rule contains an error that might prevent creation or renaming of the /dev node?
3) What I might do to have my node appear as "myboard", or where I might look for more information?

As previously stated, I am new to udev, so any direction would be helpful. I've tried all of the resources I could find on Google without luck.

Thanks in advance.

[sdk32285]

Hi
You can try using SYMLINK+="myboard" instead of using NAME=

Also try using less ATTR{ }'s untill you can get it to work, that way there is less chance that the rule is being ignored.

[cdburner]

Thanks for the reply sdk32285. I tried that, and it did not work for me either.

I did find some more information though. According to the RELEASE-NOTES file in the udev source code directory, your node is not created by using the NAME rule:

"udev 074
========
NAME="" will not create any nodes, but execute RUN keys. To completely
ignore an event the OPTION "ignore_device" should be used."

I still don't know why a SYMLINK wasn't created when I tried it, but developing a script for the RUN key gives me something else to try for now.