Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:42:36 -0800 | From | Linda Walsh <> | Subject | Re: Security downgrade? CONFIG_HOTPLUG required in 2.6.16? |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: > - hotplugging devices != module loading > - CONFIG_HOTPLUG does not load any code into the kernel. > - hotplugging devices can work without any userspace support > > As an example, hotplugging an USB hard disk works fine with > CONFIG_MODULES=n and without any userspace support (assuming > a static /dev). > --- Ah, I see. But if I have no USB hard disk to plug in? Should I still be compiling in HOTPLUG? Seems a waste. Thanks for the example though...
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