udevmonitor prints the received event from the kernel [UEVENT] and the event which udev sends out after rule processing [UDEV] UEVENT[1146003680.593638] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7 SUBSYSTEM=usb SEQNUM=2426 PHYSDEVBUS=usb PHYSDEVDRIVER=usb UEVENT[1146003680.593692] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0 SUBSYSTEM=usb SEQNUM=2427 PHYSDEVBUS=usb DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/005/003 PRODUCT=ea0/2168/200 TYPE=0/0/0 INTERFACE=8/6/80 MODALIAS=usb:v0EA0p2168d0200dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50 UEVENT[1146003680.593705] add@/class/usb_device/usbdev5.3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/usb_device/usbdev5.3 SUBSYSTEM=usb_device SEQNUM=2428 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7 PHYSDEVBUS=usb PHYSDEVDRIVER=usb MAJOR=189 MINOR=514 UDEV [1146003680.594174] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7 SUBSYSTEM=usb SEQNUM=2426 PHYSDEVBUS=usb PHYSDEVDRIVER=usb UDEVD_EVENT=1 UEVENT[1146003680.660417] add@/module/usb_storage ACTION=add DEVPATH=/module/usb_storage SUBSYSTEM=module SEQNUM=2429 UEVENT[1146003680.660443] add@/bus/usb/drivers/usb-storage ACTION=add DEVPATH=/bus/usb/drivers/usb-storage SUBSYSTEM=drivers SEQNUM=2430 UEVENT[1146003680.660453] add@/class/scsi_host/host2 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/scsi_host/host2 SUBSYSTEM=scsi_host SEQNUM=2431 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0/host2 UDEV [1146003680.661243] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0 SUBSYSTEM=usb SEQNUM=2427 PHYSDEVBUS=usb DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/005/003 PRODUCT=ea0/2168/200 TYPE=0/0/0 INTERFACE=8/6/80 MODALIAS=usb:v0EA0p2168d0200dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50 UDEVD_EVENT=1 UDEV [1146003680.661650] add@/module/usb_storage UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/module/usb_storage SUBSYSTEM=module SEQNUM=2429 UDEVD_EVENT=1 UDEV [1146003680.662321] add@/bus/usb/drivers/usb-storage UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/bus/usb/drivers/usb-storage SUBSYSTEM=drivers SEQNUM=2430 UDEVD_EVENT=1 UDEV [1146003680.686075] add@/class/usb_device/usbdev5.3 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/usb_device/usbdev5.3 SUBSYSTEM=usb_device SEQNUM=2428 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7 PHYSDEVBUS=usb PHYSDEVDRIVER=usb MAJOR=189 MINOR=514 UDEVD_EVENT=1 USB_BUS=005 USB_DEV=003 DEVNAME=/dev/bus/usb/005/003 UDEV [1146003680.687127] add@/class/scsi_host/host2 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/scsi_host/host2 SUBSYSTEM=scsi_host SEQNUM=2431 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0/host2 UDEVD_EVENT=1 UEVENT[1146003685.660894] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 SUBSYSTEM=scsi SEQNUM=2432 PHYSDEVBUS=scsi UEVENT[1146003685.660917] add@/class/scsi_device/2:0:0:0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/scsi_device/2:0:0:0 SUBSYSTEM=scsi_device SEQNUM=2433 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 PHYSDEVBUS=scsi UDEV [1146003685.661435] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-7/5-7:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 SUBSYSTEM=scsi SEQNUM=2432 PHYSDEVBUS=scsi UDEVD_EVENT=1 UEVENT[1146003685.687133] add@/module/sd_mod ACTION=add DEVPATH=/module/sd_mod SUBSYSTEM=module SEQNUM=2434 UEVENT[1146003685.687551] add@/bus/scsi/drivers/sd ACTION=add DEVPATH=/bus/scsi/drivers/sd SUBSYSTEM=drivers SEQNUM=2435 UDEV [1146003685.688325] add@/module/sd_mod UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/module/sd_mod SUBSYSTEM=module SEQNUM=2434 UDEVD_EVENT=1 UDEV [1146003685.689024] add@/bus/scsi/drivers/sd UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/bus/scsi/drivers/sd SUBSYSTEM=drivers SEQNUM=2435 UDEVD_EVENT=1 UEVENT[1146003686.002249] add@/block/sda ACTION=add DEVPATH=/blo