From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:10:32 +0000 Subject: Re: Hotplug events for block devices? 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 Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:08:03AM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > > > However, I'd like to be able to receive hotplug events for _all_ block > > > devices, regardless of connection type or anything else. In fact, I'd > > > like to receive hotplug events for all block device _minors_ as well, so > > > when the kernel scans (or receives) partition information that would > > > generate events as well. The event would only have to indicate > > > add/remove, "block", and the DEVPATH to the device node in sysfs. > > > > Yes, that would be very good, and has been on my list of things to do > > for quite some time. > > How do you construct a sensible DEVPATH for iSCSI or nbd ? > How do you notify about the loss or gain of an IO path as opposed > to a whole device? When those device types show up in sysfs, those kinds of problems will have already been solved. In other words, not our problem :) thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ 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