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+# install the aoe-specific udev rules from udev.txt into 
+# the system's udev configuration
+# 
+
+me="`basename $0`"
+
+# find udev.conf, often /etc/udev/udev.conf
+# (or environment can specify where to find udev.conf)
+#
+if test -z "$conf"; then
+	if test -r /etc/udev/udev.conf; then
+		conf=/etc/udev/udev.conf
+	else
+		conf="`find /etc -type f -name udev.conf 2> /dev/null`"
+		if test -z "$conf" || test ! -r "$conf"; then
+			echo "$me Error: no udev.conf found" 1>&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+fi
+
+# find the directory where udev rules are stored, often
+# /etc/udev/rules.d
+#
+rules_d="`sed -n '/^udev_rules=/{ s!udev_rules=!!; s!\"!!g; p; }' $conf`"
+test "$rules_d" && sh -xc "cp `dirname $0`/udev.txt $rules_d/60-aoe.rules"