<s>
Kudzu	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
probing	O
program	B-Application
(	O
written	O
by	O
Red	O
Hat	O
)	O
which	O
relies	O
on	O
a	O
library	B-Library
of	O
hardware	B-Architecture
device	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
kudzu	B-Application
,	O
a	O
vine-like	O
plant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
computer	O
boots	B-Operating_System
,	O
kudzu	B-Application
detects	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
running	O
system	O
's	O
hardware	B-Architecture
configuration	B-General_Concept
,	O
if	O
any	O
,	O
and	O
activates	O
the	O
newly	O
detected	O
hardware	B-Architecture
(	O
or	O
removal	O
of	O
hardware	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
kudzu	B-Application
only	O
runs	O
at	O
boot	B-Operating_System
time	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
then	O
exits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Since	O
Fedora	O
release	O
9	O
,	O
kudzu	B-Application
is	O
superseded	O
by	O
HAL	B-Application
)	O
kudzu	B-Application
detects	O
and	O
configures	O
new	O
and/or	O
changed	O
hardware	B-Architecture
on	O
a	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
started	O
,	O
kudzu	B-Application
detects	O
the	O
current	O
hardware	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
checks	O
it	O
against	O
a	O
database	O
stored	O
in	O
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf	O
,	O
if	O
one	O
exists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
then	O
determines	O
if	O
any	O
hardware	B-Architecture
has	O
been	O
added	O
or	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
so	O
,	O
it	O
gives	O
the	O
users	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
configure	O
any	O
added	O
hardware	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
unconfigure	O
any	O
removed	O
hardware	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
no	O
previous	O
database	O
exists	O
,	O
kudzu	B-Application
attempts	O
to	O
determine	O
what	O
devices	O
have	O
already	O
been	O
configured	O
,	O
by	O
looking	O
at	O
/etc/modprobe.conf	O
,	O
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/	O
,	O
and	O
/etc/X11/xorg.conf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Run	O
'	O
quietly	O
 '	O
;	O
do	O
only	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
that	O
does	O
n't	O
require	O
user	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Do	O
only	O
'	O
safe	O
 '	O
probes	O
that	O
wo	O
n't	O
disturb	O
hardware	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
no	O
key	O
is	O
pressed	O
before	O
the	O
timeout	O
elapses	O
,	O
kudzu	B-Application
exits	O
,	O
and	O
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf	O
is	O
not	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Read	O
hardware	B-Architecture
probe	O
info	O
from	O
file	O
file	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
do	O
an	O
actual	O
probe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Listing	O
of	O
current	O
installed	O
hardware	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuration	B-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
boot-time	O
hardware	B-Architecture
probe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Module	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
interface	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
kudzu	B-Application
to	O
configure	O
network	O
adapters	O
post-boot	O
after	O
the	O
network	O
has	O
started	O
may	O
have	O
unintended	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
