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From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev and usb.agent
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:44:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051017014415.GA25090@vrfy.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0510151611080.8404@terminal.gregs.com>

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 10:42:20AM +1000, Greg Bell wrote:
> 
> >Catch up! udev does _all_ hotplug today.
> 
> Oh, oops.  OK I've done some more reading.  However the FAQ at
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ
> 
> ...says/implies that udev is for creating the /dev nodes and not much else 
> because that's where devfs went wrong (trying to do too much).  They even 
> refer the reader to HAL for the fancier more desktopy stuff.
> 
> I see the PROGRAM= feature, but it seems that's run before the dev node 
> gets created, and is intended for using a script to figure out what the 
> node should be named, rather than reacting after the node's been created.

PROGRAM is for naming the node and therefore runs before the node is
created. RUN is for postprocessing.

> Maybe I'm looking at a multiple line udev.rules entry.  I'm used to the 
> main part of the event matching being a BUS= or KERNEL=.
> 
> My understanding of what goes on is:
> 
> 1) device is plugged in
> 2) USB event occurs
> 3) udev or usb.agent inserts SCSI module (sr_mod)
> 4) SCSI event occurs
> 5) udev creates /dev/camera (my rule)
> 6) ??? reacts and runs script to automatically slurp pictures off, etc.
> 
> Its step 6 I'm having trouble with.

Yeah, 6 runs along with 3, that's your trouble. :)
2 and 4 are different events, 2 will have finished before 4 even starts.
What you are looking for is 7, the block device event, which creates the
node.

Kay


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-10-17  1:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-15  6:14 udev and usb.agent Greg Bell
2005-10-15 18:27 ` Kay Sievers
2005-10-15 23:33 ` Greg Bell
2005-10-16 11:57 ` Kay Sievers
2005-10-17  0:42 ` Greg Bell
2005-10-17  1:44 ` Kay Sievers [this message]
2005-10-27 10:36 ` Olivier Blin
2005-10-28  1:09 ` Kay Sievers

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