From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Sean Perry <shaleh@speakeasy.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:17:50 -0700
Subject: [Buildroot] Problem with hotplug
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hartleys wrote:
> Does the hotplug utility work in the latest svn of buildroot?
> 
> When I plug in a USB memory stick it gets detected by the kernel but
> does not auto mount. I'm not sure if I have something else setup wrong
> or if the hotplug utility is just not working.
> 
> I tried enabling DEBUG in the source to get the dbg messages but the
> code will not compile.
> 
> Can anyone offer some assistance please?
> 

I had the impression that the hotplug in packages was for older 2.6 and 
2.4 kernels.

The kernel just runs /sbin/hotplug when it detects new hardware. Write a 
simple script to mount things. Also, consider looking at HAL.