From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 23:22:07 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 002 release Message-Id: <20050509232207.GB24238@suse.de> List-Id: References: <20050506212227.GA24066@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Per Liden Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:52:02AM +0200, Per Liden wrote: > On Fri, 6 May 2005, Greg KH wrote: > > [...] > > Now, with the 2.6.12-rc3 kernel, and a patch for module-init-tools, the > > USB hotplug program can be written with a simple one line shell script: > > modprobe $MODALIAS > > Nice, but why not just convert all this to a call to > request_module($MODALIAS)? Seems to me like the natural thing to do. Because that's not the only thing that the hotplug event causes to happen. It's easier to have userspace decide what to do with this instead. > [...] > > Oh, and the upstream module-init-tools maintainer needs to accept that > > patch one of these days... > > Where can this patch be found? Just sent it to this same thread. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r _______________________________________________ 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