Eudev

For configurations not using systemd, eudev is Gentoo's device file manager for the Linux kernel. It manages device nodes in and handles all user space actions when adding or removing devices. It is a fork of systemd's udev with the goal of obtaining better compatibility with existing software such as OpenRC, Upstart, older kernels, various toolchains, and anything else required by (but not well supported by) udev. Configurations utilizing systemd, don't use it.

USE flags
Some packages know the  USE flag for enabling  integration.

Emerge
In order to avoid registration in the world set, the oneshot option should be used.

RC service
The RC name is udev, not eudev. It needs to be registered in the sysinit runlevel.

Depending on the version number of, also  should be added to the sysinit runlevel.

Migrating from udev to eudev
Migrating from udev 216 to eudev 1.10-r2 (March 2015) is straight forward:

In case you have multilib and, for example, you have the following string:

Then don't forget to change it too:

Keep classic 'eth0' naming
There are multiple options to keep the classic,  , etc. naming. The simplest one is:

Alternatively add  to the kernel command line, change the default policy or create your own.

Use new 'predictable' naming
The network interface naming convention is not the same so interfaces will need to be re-linked. Use as a link target for whatever interface names need to be added. Be sure to replace  in the commands below with the Ethernet interface names that are present on the system. It is possible to discover which interfaces exist by running the command:

Create symbolic links for the existing interfaces in the and  directories:

Add the script(s) to the default runlevel to have the interface(s) start automatically:

Using udevadm
Start and see what happens:

Get device info using followed by the device path

Get the device path using its name

Test an event run using

Get a list of all commands

udev 171-r10 to eudev 1.2-r1
See this post on the Gentoo forums.

Broken system switching from udev to eudev
See this post on the Gentoo forums.