Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:03:49 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Hardware Inventory [was: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?] |
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 12:36:32PM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > > It's too early, the system isn't "hot" yet ... which is why I call this > problem the "coldplug" issue. Even simple device setup > operations like modprobing may not be possible, much less > more complex ones like alerting/starting daemons. So the > init.d/hotplug script, invoked later, fakes hotplug events to > make sure the same setup gets done, without requiring users > to unplug/replug devices.
Hopefully, integration of /sbin/hotplug during the boot process (using dietHotplug) will reduce the number of things the "coldplug" issue will have to handle.
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