From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Moshe Yudkowsky Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:18:15 +0000 Subject: Re: fxload and udev 079 Message-Id: <43C3D037.9070102@bl.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Robert Kennedy wrote: > I am currently running the 2.6.15 kernel and udev 079. I would like to > use my backpack USB CD Writer. Microsolutions, the manufacturer of the > CD Writer, provides firmware that fxload and hotplug downloads into the > CD Writer each time the CD Writer is plugged into the computer. > > It is my understanding that udev 079 no longer uses hotplug. I also > assume that fxload is also obsolete. > > What do I use instead of hotplug and fxload? I don't know if fxload is obsolete -- it sounds like it's a program that simply downloads the firmware. What you want to do is find a way to run fxload when udev encounters the CD Writer. That's possible by writing a udev rule that looks for the CD Writer and using the RUN construct. Try looking at and the articles referenced therein. -- Moshe Yudkowsky work: http://www.Disaggregate.com book: http://www.PebbleAndAvalanche.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&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