From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /sbin/hotplug invocation for USB devices in 2.5.40
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 20:35:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-103428261410037@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-103406277101783@msgid-missing>
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 08:15:27AM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> > I don't care about any userspace drivers or configuration
> >scripts, they can determine the usbfs location from the driverfs/kfs
> >device already.
>
> Not the last time I looked they couldn't !!
>
> But even if they could, then the hotplug scripts would want to set
> the usbfs DEVICE= parameter before calling setup/config scripts,
> which often call userspace drivers. Intentionally breaking such
> third party software is not somehing I'm keen on.
Ok, this makes sense. I've fixed the DEVICE overloading with the last
round of patches I sent off, so we shouldn't have this problem anymore.
thanks,
greg k-h
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-10 20:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-08 7:32 /sbin/hotplug invocation for USB devices in 2.5.40 Greg KH
2002-10-08 17:02 ` David Brownell
2002-10-08 17:49 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-10-08 17:55 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-10-08 18:14 ` David Brownell
2002-10-08 18:18 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-10-08 18:18 ` Greg KH
2002-10-08 18:25 ` Greg KH
2002-10-08 21:00 ` David Brownell
2002-10-08 21:17 ` Greg KH
2002-10-08 21:18 ` David Brownell
2002-10-08 21:28 ` David Brownell
2002-10-08 21:39 ` Greg KH
2002-10-09 15:15 ` David Brownell
2002-10-10 20:35 ` Greg KH [this message]
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