Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:10:19 -0800 | From | David Brownell <> | Subject | Re: hotplug mopup |
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> > - I don't think we can say that the kernel hotplug interface is > > complete until we have real, working, tested userspace tools. David, > > could you please summarise the state of play here? In particular, > > what still needs to be done? > > Well, for USB I would like to know which device major/minor entry a newly > plugged device is associated with. > > Like if I insert a new USB camera, I want to easy find out it is char 81.1 > (/dev/video1). Or if I plugin a USB storage device I want to easy find out > it is /dev/sda now.
How might that relate to devfs integration? It addresses similar problems, and devfsd can call to userspace when such drivers (ones that show up through major/minor device nodes) appear. True, some folk who want to hotplug might want to not run devfs.
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