From: Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Device Registry (DevReg) Patch 0.2.0
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 01:08:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-98809173308222@msgid-missing> (raw)
The Linux Device Registry (devreg) is a kernel patch that adds a device
database in XML format to the /proc filesystem. It collects all information
about the system's physical devices, creates persistent device ids and
provides them in the file /proc/devreg.
Devreg has three purposes:
- collect all configuration data from drivers so the user can browse his
hardware configuration.
-allow an application to display all devices that provide a certain interface
(for example all mice) so the user can chose one.
-allow an application to find the device that the user has selected after a
reboot or a hotplug action: the device files in /dev do not offer stable
names, they depend on the order in that the devices have been plugged in or
powered on.
Changes since last release (0.1.1):
- converted file format to XML
- bus-specific information from pci and usb added
- fixed locking
The patch (for 2.4.3) can be found at
http://www.tjansen.de/devreg/devreg-2.4.3-0.2.0.diff.gz
To test it, apply the patch, select CONFIG_DEVFS_FS and CONFIG_DEVREG and
compile. Note that the patch will break binary drivers.
Supported hardware in version 0.2.0: PCI subsystem, USB subsystem, most PCI
sound cards, USB HID devices, USB hubs, USB printers
Other information and a user-space library can be found at
http://www.tjansen.de/devreg
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2001-04-24 1:08 Tim Jansen [this message]
2001-04-24 9:40 ` Device Registry (DevReg) Patch 0.2.0 Martin Dalecki
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2001-04-24 1:08 Tim Jansen
2001-04-24 9:40 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-04-24 11:44 ` Tim Jansen
2001-04-24 16:39 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-04-24 18:27 ` Tim Jansen
2001-04-24 16:43 ` mirabilos
2001-04-24 18:57 ` Tim Jansen
2001-04-25 17:10 Dan Kegel
2001-04-25 18:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
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