Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format. A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device and the attributes from one single parent device. looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.1/tty/ttyACM0': KERNEL=="ttyACM0" SUBSYSTEM=="tty" DRIVER=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.1': KERNELS=="1-1.2:1.1" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="cdc_acm" ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="02" ATTRS{bmCapabilities}=="6" ATTRS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="02" ATTRS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="01" ATTRS{bNumEndpoints}=="01" ATTRS{supports_autosuspend}=="1" ATTRS{bAlternateSetting}==" 0" ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="01" ATTRS{interface}=="H5321 gw Mobile Broadband Modem" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2': KERNELS=="1-1.2" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00" ATTRS{devpath}=="1.2" ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bdb" ATTRS{speed}=="480" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}=="11" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64" ATTRS{busnum}=="1" ATTRS{devnum}=="13" ATTRS{configuration}=="WMC Device with GPS" ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="0mA" ATTRS{authorized}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0" ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="4" ATTRS{maxchild}=="0" ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0000" ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0" ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0" ATTRS{serial}=="FCEB21596A83C9M0" ATTRS{version}==" 2.00" ATTRS{urbnum}=="7039" ATTRS{ltm_capable}=="no" ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Lenovo" ATTRS{removable}=="fixed" ATTRS{idProduct}=="1926" ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00" ATTRS{product}=="H5321 gw" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1': KERNELS=="1-1" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="01" ATTRS{devpath}=="1" ATTRS{idVendor}=="8087" ATTRS{speed}=="480" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64" ATTRS{busnum}=="1" ATTRS{devnum}=="2" ATTRS{configuration}=="" ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="0mA" ATTRS{authorized}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0" ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1" ATTRS{maxchild}=="6" ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0000" ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0" ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0" ATTRS{version}==" 2.00" ATTRS{urbnum}=="2287" ATTRS{ltm_capable}=="no" ATTRS{removable}=="fixed" ATTRS{idProduct}=="0024" ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1': KERNELS=="usb1" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00" ATTRS{devpath}=="0" ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d6b" ATTRS{speed}=="480" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64" ATTRS{authorized_default}=="1" ATTRS{busnum}=="1" ATTRS{devnum}=="1" ATTRS{configuration}=="" ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="0mA" ATTRS{authorized}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0" ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1" ATTRS{maxchild}=="3" ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0309" ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0" ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0" ATTRS{serial}=="0000:00:1a.0" ATTRS{version}==" 2.00" ATTRS{urbnum}=="62" ATTRS{ltm_capable}=="no" ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Linux 3.9.0-030900rc5-generic ehci_hcd" ATTRS{removable}=="unknown" ATTRS{idProduct}=="0002" ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09" ATTRS{product}=="EHCI Host Controller" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0': KERNELS=="0000:00:1a.0" SUBSYSTEMS=="pci" DRIVERS=="ehci-pci" ATTRS{irq}=="16" ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x17aa" ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0" ATTRS{class}=="0x0c0320" ATTRS{companion}=="" ATTRS{consistent_dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{local_cpus}=="00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,0000000f" ATTRS{device}=="0x1e2d" ATTRS{uframe_periodic_max}=="100" ATTRS{msi_bus}=="" ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-3" ATTRS{vendor}=="0x8086" ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x2205" ATTRS{numa_node}=="-1" ATTRS{d3cold_allowed}=="1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00': KERNELS=="pci0000:00" SUBSYSTEMS=="" DRIVERS==""