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/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/host11/target11:0:0/11:0:0:0/block/sdh/sdh1': KERNEL=="sdh1" SUBSYSTEM=="block" DRIVER=="" ATTR{partition}=="1" ATTR{start}=="44" ATTR{size}=="15679396" ATTR{ro}=="0" ATTR{alignment_offset}=="0" ATTR{discard_alignment}=="4294944768" ATTR{stat}==" 80 2845 3257 144 0 0 0 0 0 104 136" ATTR{inflight}==" 0 0" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/host11/target11:0:0/11:0:0:0/block/sdh': KERNELS=="sdh" SUBSYSTEMS=="block" DRIVERS=="" ATTRS{range}=="16" ATTRS{ext_range}=="256" ATTRS{removable}=="1" ATTRS{ro}=="0" ATTRS{size}=="15794175" ATTRS{alignment_offset}=="0" ATTRS{discard_alignment}=="0" ATTRS{capability}=="51" ATTRS{stat}==" 95 2949 3376 152 0 0 0 0 0 112 144" ATTRS{inflight}==" 0 0" ATTRS{events}=="media_change" ATTRS{events_async}=="" ATTRS{events_poll_msecs}=="-1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/host11/target11:0:0/11:0:0:0': KERNELS=="11:0:0:0" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="sd" ATTRS{device_blocked}=="0" ATTRS{type}=="0" ATTRS{scsi_level}=="0" ATTRS{vendor}=="SanDisk " ATTRS{model}=="Cruzer " ATTRS{rev}=="7.01" ATTRS{state}=="running" ATTRS{timeout}=="30" ATTRS{iocounterbits}=="32" ATTRS{iorequest_cnt}=="0x94" ATTRS{iodone_cnt}=="0x94" ATTRS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x0" ATTRS{evt_media_change}=="0" ATTRS{dh_state}=="detached" ATTRS{queue_depth}=="1" ATTRS{queue_type}=="none" ATTRS{max_sectors}=="240" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/host11/target11:0:0': KERNELS=="target11:0:0" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/host11': KERNELS=="host11" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0': KERNELS=="1-7:1.0" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb-storage" ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="00" ATTRS{bAlternateSetting}==" 0" ATTRS{bNumEndpoints}=="02" ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="08" ATTRS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="06" ATTRS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="50" ATTRS{supports_autosuspend}=="1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-7': KERNELS=="1-7" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{configuration}=="" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="80" ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="200mA" ATTRS{urbnum}=="419" ATTRS{idVendor}=="0781" ATTRS{idProduct}=="5151" ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0200" ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00" ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1" ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64" ATTRS{speed}=="480" ATTRS{busnum}=="1" ATTRS{devnum}=="6" ATTRS{devpath}=="7" ATTRS{version}==" 2.00" ATTRS{maxchild}=="0" ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0" ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0" ATTRS{authorized}=="1" ATTRS{manufacturer}=="SanDisk" ATTRS{product}=="Cruzer Micro" ATTRS{serial}=="2845331181C0D883" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1': KERNELS=="usb1" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{configuration}=="" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0" ATTRS{bMaxPower}==" 0mA" ATTRS{urbnum}=="131" ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d6b" ATTRS{idProduct}=="0002" ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0206" ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09" ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00" ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1" ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64" ATTRS{speed}=="480" ATTRS{busnum}=="1" ATTRS{devnum}=="1" ATTRS{devpath}=="0" ATTRS{version}==" 2.00" ATTRS{maxchild}=="8" ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0" ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0" ATTRS{authorized}=="1" ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Linux 2.6.38-8-generic ehci_hcd" ATTRS{product}=="EHCI Host Controller" ATTRS{serial}=="0000:00:02.1" ATTRS{authorized_default}=="1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1': KERNELS=="0000:00:02.1" SUBSYSTEMS=="pci" DRIVERS=="ehci_hcd" ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10de" ATTRS{device}=="0x005b" ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x1043" ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x815a" ATTRS{class}=="0x0c0320" ATTRS{irq}=="21" ATTRS{local_cpus}=="ff" ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-7" ATTRS{dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{consistent_dma_mask_bits}=="31" ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0" ATTRS{msi_bus}=="" ATTRS{companion}=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00': KERNELS=="pci0000:00" SUBSYSTEMS=="" DRIVERS==""