From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:34:10 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 001 release Message-Id: <20050215073410.GB21766@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20050211004033.GA26624@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20050211004033.GA26624@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 09:27:29PM +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > > I'd like to announce, yet-another-hotplug based userspace project: > > linux-ng. This collection of code replaces the existing linux-hotplug > > package with very tiny, compiled executable programs, instead of the > > existing bash scripts. > > The ability to set up userspace handlers for certain devices via *.usermap > files (see SANE and gphoto2 for basic "chown and chmod a file > in /proc/bus/usb" examples) was lost. Yes. That stuff is a mess and I'm glad to get rid of it :) > Is this functionality planned to be restored in hotplug-ng? Nope. > Or is it the responsibility of SANE and gphoto2 maintainers to adapt > to this change e.g. by providing additional files for > /etc/hotplug.d/usb instead? Yes, it's easier for programs to add their own hooks into /etc/hotplug.d/ directory than for them to modify the usermap files, correct? 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