From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: call_usermodehelper returns a negative value during boot up
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:03:54 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070216070354.GA30398@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <520C5E108EFD11468EB43142EFEAD1BD0AFC9D82@BANMLVEM02.e2k.ad.ge.com>
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:42:49AM +0530, Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare) wrote:
>
> When does this happen? Before userspace starts up?
>
> >>> This happens before the userspace starts up means prior to INIT:
> Entering runlevel....
> >>> So I feel it is not getting the hotplug script.
That's because there is no userspace program to run at that time :)
> >>> Is there any way to detect USB devices only after user space starts
> (during boot process)
>
> And what is the value returned?
>
> >>> The value it returns is 0xfffffffe
Which is -2, or -ENOENT which means there is no file found to run.
> And what exact kernel version are you using?
>
> >>> The kernel version is 2.4.20.
What happens if you use the latest 2.6 kernel version? No one except a
few companies supports 2.4.20 anymore. You are on your own if you use
that kernel version.
good luck,
greg k-h
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-16 7:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-15 13:53 call_usermodehelper returns a negative value during boot up Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare)
2007-02-15 19:39 ` Greg KH
2007-02-16 6:24 ` Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare)
2007-02-16 7:03 ` Greg KH [this message]
2007-02-16 7:46 ` Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare)
2007-02-17 2:06 ` Greg KH
2007-02-23 19:37 ` Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare)
2007-02-23 23:25 ` Greg KH
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