From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:01:44 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 001 release Message-Id: <20050211170144.GA16074@suse.de> List-Id: References: <20050211004033.GA26624@suse.de> <20050211031823.GE29375@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> <1108104417.32129.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200502111719.23163.christian@borntraeger.net> In-Reply-To: <200502111719.23163.christian@borntraeger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Christian Borntr?ger Cc: Bill Nottingham , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 05:19:22PM +0100, Christian Borntr?ger wrote: > On Friday 11 February 2005 07:46, Greg KH wrote: > > And finally, even if you do use udevstart to manager /sbin/hotplug > > events, you still need a module autoloader program. This package > > provides executables for that problem, if you don't want to (or you > > can't) use the existing linux-hotplug scripts. udev will never do the > > module loading logic, so there's no duplication in this case. > > Greg, > the pci module autoloader is a real agent, which means it depends on having a > hotplug event. Are you planning to support a scan for already present > devices, like the pci.rc file in current hotplug solutions? It's not only pci, but all types of busses need this kind of "coldplug" functionality. And yes, I have plans to provide that functionality in this package too. In fact, if anyone looking to contribute some well defined and easy to test code... :) thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ 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