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    > All devices that have a "struct device" (which should be about
    > everything these days, if not, please let me know), cause a
    > /sbin/hotplug event to happen. This event says what type of device was
    > added or removed, and includes the location of the device in the
    > driverfs tree so that userspace can then determine what it wants to do
    > with this device.

    device != medium
    There's a need to report that as well. The current hotplugging model
    needs some more types of events before it is ready for all types of
    applications.
    In fact a change of medium can radically alter features of a device,
    eg. from ro to rw.

    Regards
    Oliver
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