From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Post, Mark K" Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 16:34:46 +0000 Subject: RE: writeups for hotplugging S/390 chandev, PNP docking stations Message-Id: 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 Rick, Dave, I read the chandev.8 file, and while it's pretty poorly formatted, the information seems relatively good, if presented in a scattered manner. As you commented, the developers are probably concentrating on code for the most part. I normally use the "Device Drivers and Installation Commands" document when I want to refresh my memory on a particular command for a particular type of device. (http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/docu/l390d d07.pdf) This seems pretty clear and reasonably well-written. If Dave finds this more acceptable, then I guess we're done. Otherwise, I would have to think about who might be willing to translate the chandev.8 file into something more coherent. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Rick Troth [mailto:rtroth@bmc.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:30 AM To: David Brownell Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; mark.post@eds.com Subject: Re: writeups for hotplugging S/390 chandev, PNP docking stations? I've sent to Mark Post, one of the info reference people in the S/390 (aka: zSeries) community. Mark should be able to recommend someone who can clear-up the description. This "chandev.8" probably came out of the lab that produces most of the S/390 patches. Their focus is on code, I'm sure, not doc. But someone who understands the princ. of ops can probably make it plain. > Also, let us know if there are hotplug scripts that > should be incorporated into the standard toolset. > > I'd suspect they'd be more generally useful for the > laptop docking stations than for the mainframes, > but I could easily get surprised! :) Surprise! The mainframe plugs and un-plugs all the time. Devices get "varied online" (or offline) on demand. The situation only gets worse when you're running Linux in a virtual machine where one could 'hcp attach' (or detach) things on-the-fly, both virtual and real. It's fun! Let's just say that the mainframe Linux crowd has been waiting for hotplug for a long time. :-) Rebooting just to recognize a dynamic device is ... sub-optimal. :-( _______________________________________________ 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