From: "Marco d'Itri" <md@Linux.IT>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 021 release
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 11:02:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040303110250.GA3841@wonderland.linux.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040303000957.GA11755@kroah.com>
On Mar 03, "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@ums.usu.ru> wrote:
>On Wednesday 03 March 2004 15:19, Marco d'Itri wrote:
>> On Mar 03, Michael Weiser <michael@weiser.dinsnail.net> wrote:
>> >Normally with static /dev one has a /dev/dsp device for example. As soon
>> >as an application tries to open it the kernel would try to load a module
>> >"sound" or "char-major-something" if sound support isn't compiled into
>> >it. Now with udev I'll never get /dev/dsp in the first place and there's
>>
>> Read the FAQ: drivers for hardware devices are the easy part, because
>> hotplug will automatically load them.
>The FAQ is right for PCI and USB devices. It is wrong for "undetectable"
>devices like floppy and abstract entities like loop, ppdev, lp, ppp_generic,
>nbd and so on.
I know. This is why I wrote about "hardware devices" (I think floppy
drives are an exception to this rule).
--
ciao, |
Marco | [4873 scH.yeftCuCeY]
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-03 0:09 [ANNOUNCE] udev 021 release Greg KH
2004-03-03 0:25 ` Greg KH
2004-03-03 1:16 ` Marco d'Itri
2004-03-03 3:09 ` Greg KH
2004-03-03 9:56 ` Michael Weiser
2004-03-03 12:22 ` Ed Tomlinson
2004-03-03 15:14 ` Greg KH
2004-03-03 19:28 ` David Brownell
2004-03-03 22:53 ` Michael Weiser
2004-03-04 1:25 ` Greg KH
2004-03-04 3:58 ` Bill Nottingham
2004-03-04 18:26 ` Greg KH
2004-03-04 1:22 ` Marco d'Itri
2004-03-04 1:28 ` Greg KH
2004-03-04 9:27 ` Michael Weiser
2004-03-03 15:15 ` Greg KH
2004-03-03 23:56 ` Michael Weiser
2004-03-04 1:19 ` Greg KH
2004-03-03 10:19 ` Marco d'Itri
2004-03-03 10:52 ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2004-03-03 11:02 ` Marco d'Itri [this message]
2004-03-03 15:49 ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2004-03-04 1:18 ` Marco d'Itri
[not found] ` <4046CE91.50701@kubla.de>
2004-03-04 18:44 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <40482ACC.3070504@kubla.de>
2004-03-10 22:53 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <1078422507.3614.20.camel@nosferatu.lan>
2004-03-04 18:46 ` Greg KH
2004-03-09 11:51 ` "Andrey Borzenkov"
2004-03-10 2:34 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-03-10 12:29 ` "Andrey Borzenkov"
2004-03-10 12:56 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-03-10 22:51 ` Greg KH
2004-03-10 23:17 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-03-11 1:21 ` Greg KH
2004-03-13 9:34 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-03-11 3:30 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-03-11 9:22 ` "Andrey Borzenkov"
2004-03-12 23:39 ` Greg KH
[not found] <20040303153403.21649.81059.Mailman@linux.us.dell.com>
[not found] ` <4048D503.10808@mail.ru>
2004-03-09 8:19 ` Greg KH
2004-03-09 10:16 ` rihad
2004-03-09 13:43 ` Alex Goddard
2004-03-10 22:52 ` Greg KH
[not found] <fa.dbn18ei.1k46o3i@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.afjk56q.t0ulic@ifi.uio.no>
2004-03-10 13:02 ` walt
2004-03-10 21:01 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
[not found] <fa.fkf6pbs.vk4328@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.aj3o3v7.pgqn9l@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <404F9E5F.2010001@myrealbox.com>
2004-03-11 0:11 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
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