Device has module AND init script

[Jim Carter <jimc@math.ucla.edu>]

I have a joystick which has the usual module stack, but which also needs to
have jscal executed upon hotplugging (via my script
/etc/hotplug/usb/setupstick).  There are three issues here:

1.  The logical place to name the setup script is usb.usermap, but if any
modules are found, usb.agent bypasses usb.usermap.  Workaround: put the
lines in usb.handmap.

2.  Both modules and setup scripts have an order dependence which modprobe
may not be able to 100% straighten out.  Workaround: Use the source, Luke!
The right effect is achieved if the script is listed first, then the most
specific driver, to the most general.  I'm not sure how order dependence
could be enforced neatly, specifically to get the script executed last, so
I didn't try to hack anything for this.

3.  In the obsolete version in my distro (2001_04_24-1_6),
hotplug.functions :: load_drivers tries to find the module in
/lib/modules/$KERNEL.  Three issues (relevant to the current version
2002_01_14) go with this:

a.  If that "directory" is a symlink, which it is in my system, "find" will
not find the module.  Fix: MODULE_DIR=/lib/modules/$KERNEL/.

b.  "find" (at least Gnu Find 4.1.7) returns 0 if there was no error even
if no files were found.  The script always thought it saw the module
anyway.  The current version doesn't have the find.

c.  It's a lot easier to test for an init script first, and if it's not an
init script then run modprobe, and if that fails you don't have to figure
out why it failed, just say that it did.

I've appended a patch for the above points, versus
hotplug-2002_01_14.tar.gz.

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*** ../hotplug/hotplug.functions	Mon Jan 14 11:26:45 2002
--- hotplug.functions	Sun Jan 20 18:25:14 2002
***************
*** 14,20 ****
  PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

  KERNEL=`uname -r`
! MODULE_DIR=/lib/modules/$KERNEL

  HOTPLUG_DIR=/etc/hotplug

--- 14,20 ----
  PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

  KERNEL=`uname -r`
! MODULE_DIR=/lib/modules/$KERNEL/.

  HOTPLUG_DIR=/etc/hotplug

***************
*** 138,153 ****
  	    if grep -q "^$MODULE\$" /etc/hotplug/blacklist \
  		    >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  		debug_mesg "... blacklisted module:  $MODULE"
! 	    # user mode drivers will ONLY have a setup script,
! 	    # so it's not an error if a module doesn't exist
! 	    elif $MODPROBE -n $MODULE >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
! 		    ! $MODPROBE $MODULE >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
! 		mesg "... can't load module $MODULE"
  	    elif [ -x /etc/hotplug/$TYPE/$MODULE ]; then
  		debug_mesg Module setup $MODULE for $DESCRIPTION
  		/etc/hotplug/$TYPE/$MODULE
! 	    else
! 		mesg "missing kernel or user mode driver $MODULE "
  	    fi
  	fi
      done
--- 138,150 ----
  	    if grep -q "^$MODULE\$" /etc/hotplug/blacklist \
  		    >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  		debug_mesg "... blacklisted module:  $MODULE"
! 		# Bypass modprobe if it's a user driver or setup script.
  	    elif [ -x /etc/hotplug/$TYPE/$MODULE ]; then
  		debug_mesg Module setup $MODULE for $DESCRIPTION
  		/etc/hotplug/$TYPE/$MODULE
! 	    elif $MODPROBE -n $MODULE >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
! 		    ! $MODPROBE $MODULE >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
! 		mesg "... can't load module $MODULE nor execute /etc/hotplug/$TYPE/$MODULE"
  	    fi
  	fi
      done


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