From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Working on a usb-storage hotplug script
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:06:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-107011491629274@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-107006883203516@msgid-missing>
> > By looking in the usb and scsi nodes under /proc I decided that
> > the only unique information between the two trees was the
> > serial number.
> Are you really sure that the serial is unique? If I remember
> correctly the not all devices have serials set.
They are not unique. And the assumption that one hotplug
event correlates with one new device is false. There are
multi-Lun devices and scsi-to-usb bridges.
You may also connect a tape or other non disk device.
> > I do have one further problem before I even start, which is
> > that I don't seem to get a remove event when I disconnect a
> > flash drive. Is this a known problem with my version of the
> > kernel or of hotplug?
> Same here. I think its a bug. But since its not 2.5/2.6-test
> related nobody seems to care here :-(
What kind of device do you disconnect?
Regards
Oliver
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-29 14:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-29 1:19 Working on a usb-storage hotplug script Martin
2003-11-29 12:33 ` reflex
2003-11-29 14:06 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2003-11-29 18:05 ` Marco d'Itri
2003-11-30 11:19 ` reflex
2003-11-30 19:38 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 9:05 ` Wout Mertens
2003-12-09 16:09 ` Olaf Hering
2003-12-09 16:24 ` Greg KH
2003-12-10 19:29 ` Wout Mertens
2003-12-10 19:41 ` Wout Mertens
2003-12-10 19:49 ` Olaf Hering
2003-12-11 15:37 ` Wout Mertens
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