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/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-7/2-7:1.0/host12/target12:0:0/12:0:0:0/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}==" 83 2842 3257 3316 0 0 0 0 0 1980 3316" ATTR{inflight}==" 0 0" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-7/2-7:1.0/host12/target12:0:0/12:0:0:0/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}==" 98 2946 3376 3528 0 0 0 0 0 2192 3528" ATTRS{inflight}==" 0 0" ATTRS{events}=="media_change" ATTRS{events_async}=="" ATTRS{events_poll_msecs}=="-1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-7/2-7:1.0/host12/target12:0:0/12:0:0:0': KERNELS=="12:0:0:0" 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}=="0x9c" ATTRS{iodone_cnt}=="0x9c" ATTRS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x1" 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/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-7/2-7:1.0/host12/target12:0:0': KERNELS=="target12:0:0" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-7/2-7:1.0/host12': KERNELS=="host12" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-7/2-7:1.0': KERNELS=="2-7:1.0" 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/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-7': KERNELS=="2-7" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{configuration}=="" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="80" ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="100mA" ATTRS{urbnum}=="793" 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}=="12" ATTRS{busnum}=="2" ATTRS{devnum}=="4" 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/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2': KERNELS=="usb2" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{configuration}=="" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0" ATTRS{bMaxPower}==" 0mA" ATTRS{urbnum}=="136" ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d6b" ATTRS{idProduct}=="0001" ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0206" ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09" ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00" ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1" ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64" ATTRS{speed}=="12" ATTRS{busnum}=="2" ATTRS{devnum}=="1" ATTRS{devpath}=="0" ATTRS{version}==" 1.10" ATTRS{maxchild}=="8" ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0" ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0" ATTRS{authorized}=="1" ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Linux 2.6.38-8-generic ohci_hcd" ATTRS{product}=="OHCI Host Controller" ATTRS{serial}=="0000:00:02.0" ATTRS{authorized_default}=="1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0': KERNELS=="0000:00:02.0" SUBSYSTEMS=="pci" DRIVERS=="ohci_hcd" ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10de" ATTRS{device}=="0x005a" ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x1043" ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x815a" ATTRS{class}=="0x0c0310" ATTRS{irq}=="20" ATTRS{local_cpus}=="ff" ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-7" ATTRS{dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{consistent_dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0" ATTRS{msi_bus}=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00': KERNELS=="pci0000:00" SUBSYSTEMS=="" DRIVERS==""