From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 20:35:08 +0000 Subject: Re: /sbin/hotplug invocation for USB devices in 2.5.40 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 On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 08:15:27AM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > I don't care about any userspace drivers or configuration > >scripts, they can determine the usbfs location from the driverfs/kfs > >device already. > > Not the last time I looked they couldn't !! > > But even if they could, then the hotplug scripts would want to set > the usbfs DEVICE= parameter before calling setup/config scripts, > which often call userspace drivers. Intentionally breaking such > third party software is not somehing I'm keen on. Ok, this makes sense. I've fixed the DEVICE overloading with the last round of patches I sent off, so we shouldn't have this problem anymore. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ 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