Re: udev does not create scsi disk entries during bootup

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:29:05PM +0530, Surekha.PC wrote:
> 
> >Yes, make sure that sysfs is mounted before you start finding the iscsi
> devices.
> 
> I have automounted sysfs. The /sys/block/ shows the iSCSI device
> entries.
> But hotplug event is not notified by the kernel. This is the reason
> why udev is not getting triggered for configuring device nodes.

How do you know hotplug is not running?  It will if CONFIG_HOTPLUG is
enabled in your kernel.

> I have few queries about the way hotplug mechanism works.
> 
> The /etc/hotplug/scsi.agent script does not seem to handle the "ACTION"
> add/remove of a scsi device ?

It should.

> Also the "/usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi" driver code does not have any
> hotplug initialization functions, then how does it indicate
> "/sbin/hotplug" program about the addition/deletion of device ?

The kobject core code does this when a scsi kobject is created.

thanks,

greg k-h


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