Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 05 Oct 1999 15:18:55 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: USB device allocation |
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Brian Swetland wrote: > > > > Solaris does *not* use devfs; the /devices tree is an on-disk device > > node tree which is constructed at initialization time, and it is > > persistent. A much better solution, IMNSHO. > > How exactly does such a solution work with hot-plugable devices? > Some daemon that gets informed of devices appearing and disappearing? > I don't think I'm being unreasonable in thinking that when a device > is added to the system it should instantly be usable. That's kind of > the point of dynamic busses, no? >
That is one way of doing it; IMO a very good way because it lets you have policy in user space.
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