From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Kevin P. Fleming" Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 04:04:55 +0000 Subject: Re: [adventure] replace /sbin/hotplug by udevd Message-Id: <419C1F67.9020308@backtobasicsmgmt.com> List-Id: References: <20041118002726.GA4281@vrfy.org> In-Reply-To: <20041118002726.GA4281@vrfy.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Kay Sievers wrote: > This experimental patch changes udevd/udev to handle the _whole_ hotplug > event from the kernel up to the multiplexing of /etc/hotplug.d/. It > should solve most of the current shortcomings of the hotplug event handling: > - sysfs if not fully populated at event time > - at device disconnect/reconnect, the "remove" may beat the "add" > - an event may already work on the same DEVPATH > - the hotplug scripts don't know the device node name > - the total count of event processes can't be controlled This is very, very cool. What a major simplification of the whole process, with the addition of interesting new features as well. What is the likely timeframe for this to make it into udev proper? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _______________________________________________ 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