From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:18:17 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] a very tiny /sbin/hotplug Message-Id: <20041119001817.GA11847@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20041118231406.GA11239@kroah.com> <20041118234629.GA3046@gate.ebshome.net> <20041118235301.GD19750@rikers.org> In-Reply-To: <20041118235301.GD19750@rikers.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 05:53:01PM -0600, Chris Larson wrote: > * Eugene Surovegin (ebs@ebshome.net) wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:14:06PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > So, a number of people have complained over the past few years about the > > > fact that /sbin/hotplug was a shell script. Funny enough, it's the > > > people on the huge boxes, with huge number of devices that are > > > complaining, not the embedded people with limited resources (ironic, > > > isn't it...) > > > > This is probably because embedded people don't use hotplug at all :). > > On dozen different PPC and MIPS boxes I worked on, we never needed > > this feature. > > I tend to focus on ARM, and find this very useful. I know of a number > of folks using erik andersen's "diethotplug" (which hasnt been touched > in some time). I look forward to your further hotplug improvements. Yes, diethotplug is based on my old package called, supprise, diethotplug, and is located at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/ But that only does module loading. The "full" replacement of today's /sbin/hotplug functionality needs this hotplug multiplexer, and a diethotplug replacement (which can get much smaller than the current diethotplug due to the way modprobe works in 2.6.) thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel