From: Hinko Kocevar <hinko.kocevar@cetrtapot.si>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] efficient usb plug in notification
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:44:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <489AA7EB.4000102@cetrtapot.si> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2590773a0808060810o7c07b114ude1a67ed8745dd41@mail.gmail.com>
Christopher Taylor wrote:
> I'm trying to see what my best options are of getting USB plugin
> notifications in user-space in a buildroot/uClibc env.
>
> Since this is an embedded platform, I'm really concerned about
> efficiency of the mechanisms and I'm not sure how efficient udev +
> dbus + hal is. Does anyone have any thoughts on this and what some
> reasonable alternatives are within the buildroot chain?
>
There is a mdev applet in busybox - a smaller version of udev. It works
similar to hotplug. I haven't used it extensively but it is not hard
to use, plus everything is in the buildroot already;)
See http://wildanm.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/mdev-mini-udev-in-busybox.
HTH,
Hinko
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-07 7:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-06 15:10 [Buildroot] efficient usb plug in notification Christopher Taylor
2008-08-06 15:18 ` sjhill at realitydiluted.com
2008-08-07 3:23 ` Christopher Taylor
2008-08-07 7:44 ` Hinko Kocevar [this message]
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2008-08-06 17:19 shaleh at speakeasy.net
2008-08-07 3:26 ` Christopher Taylor
2008-08-08 2:04 ` Sean Perry
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