This document discusses umockdev, a tool for emulating hardware devices in Linux for testing purposes. It allows creating virtual devices that behave like real devices by responding to reads, writes, ioctls and emitting uevents. This allows testing software that interacts with devices without requiring physical hardware. The tool works by preloading a library that intercepts system calls and responds based on scripts or a recorded device behavior. It has been used successfully in several Linux packages for testing code that interacts with devices.
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