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SubjectRe: hotplug_path no longer exported
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:12:53PM +0100, Colin Leroy wrote:
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> Dunno. This driver has a reputation of being the worse wlan driver for
> prism2 chipsets out there, but it's the only one supporting USB devices.

Hm, I've heard that rumor before too. If only someone would get me such
a usb device, maybe that problem could be fixed :)

> With p80211_run_sbin_hotplug doing stuff to call /sbin/hotplug...
> The one that will write a correct patch to linux-wlan-ng will have to
> figure out the different events they use: "register" (instead of "add"),
> "startup", "shutdown", "resume", "suspend"...

Ick, ick, ick. It's about time we force them to play nice with the rest
of the kernel and userspace :)

Anyway, the proper fix is to use kobject_hotplug(). They will have to
change their code. Just one of the many joys of trying to keep a driver
outside of the main kernel tree...

thanks,

greg k-h
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