Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:58:35 -0700 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: Hotplug/PPP oddness n 2.5.73-mm1 - scripts not running, bad event |
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:28:28 -0400 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> > http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/?selected=net > says that for 'NET' events, 'register' and 'unregister' are the actions. > > Starting ppp, I get this: > > Jun 25 10:50:22 turing-police /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET add event not supported > > 'NET add'?? WTF? ;) > > (Fortunately, '/sbin/ifup ppp0' gets invoked anyhow, so it's not THAT crucial) > > /Valdis (who still needs to fix hotplug not being called at all for the wireless card) >
Look in the mailing list archives:
> rom: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> > To: David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> > Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: [PATCH] network hotplug via class_device/kobject > Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:41:19 -0700 > Organization: Open Source Development Lab > X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) > > This patch changes network devices to run hotplug out of the kobject/class_device > infrastructure rather than calling it from the network core. The code gets simpler > and there is only one place for Greg to fix when he changes the API ;-) > > All hotplug now happens off the chain: > rtnl_unlock -> netdev_run_todo -> netdev_sysfs_{un}register > > The state flag "deadbeaf" was convertied to a state enumeration to handle the > necessary book keeping, and adds some defense against drivers that have unexpected > semantics. Paranoid about some driver doing something like: > rtnl_lock(); register_netdevice(); unregister_netdevice(); rtnl_unlock() BOOM > > This patch causes an external script API change. > Because network device go through the standard path, the action passed to the script > is no longer register or unregister but is now "add" or "remove" like other devices. > This is a good thing. When testing (at least on RHAT) just change /etc/hotplug/net.agent > case statement: > > case $ACTION in > add|register) > # Don't do anything if the network is stopped > if [ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/network ]; then > exit 0 > fi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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