udev-wa daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from /dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time. udev-wa divais männeijā für Linuks körnol. As the successor of devfsd and hotplug, udev primarily manages device nodes in the /dev directory. At the same time, udev also handles all user space events raised while hardware devices are added into the system or removed from it, including firmware loading as required by certain devices.