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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: call_usermodehelper returns a negative value during boot up
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:03:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070216070354.GA30398@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <520C5E108EFD11468EB43142EFEAD1BD0AFC9D82@BANMLVEM02.e2k.ad.ge.com>

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:42:49AM +0530, Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare) wrote:
> 
> When does this happen?  Before userspace starts up?
> 
> >>> This happens before the userspace starts up means prior to INIT:
> Entering runlevel....
> >>> So I feel it is not getting the hotplug script.

That's because there is no userspace program to run at that time :)

> >>> Is there any way to detect USB devices only after user space starts
> (during boot process)
> 
> And what is the value returned?
> 
> >>> The value it returns is 0xfffffffe

Which is -2, or -ENOENT which means there is no file found to run.

> And what exact kernel version are you using?
> 
> >>> The kernel version is 2.4.20.

What happens if you use the latest 2.6 kernel version?  No one except a
few companies supports 2.4.20 anymore.  You are on your own if you use
that kernel version.

good luck,

greg k-h

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-16  7:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-15 13:53 call_usermodehelper returns a negative value during boot up Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare)
2007-02-15 19:39 ` Greg KH
2007-02-16  6:24 ` Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare)
2007-02-16  7:03 ` Greg KH [this message]
2007-02-16  7:46 ` Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare)
2007-02-17  2:06 ` Greg KH
2007-02-23 19:37 ` Babu, Narendra (GE Healthcare)
2007-02-23 23:25 ` Greg KH

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