From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 23:21:31 +0000 Subject: Re: small devfs patch for 2.5.65, plan to replace /sbin/hotplug Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 01:45:09PM -0700, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: > Adam J. Richter wrote: > > I believe that the only change in this version of devfs is > >moving the code to invoke the user level devfs_helper program to a > >separate file, fs/devfs/notify.c. This change will simplify a future > >code shrink inspired by David Brownell's suggesting that I think about > >unifying hotplug with devfs. In the future I would like to lift > >fs/devfs/notify.c out of devfs so that the code that currently invokes > >user level helpers for hot plug events can be replaced with two calls > >to a renamed devfs_event() on > >/sys/bus//devices//, one for insertion and > >one for removal. Adam, right now we get /sbin/hotplug events for every device insertion and removal in the kernel. Do you want more than this? > Are you still considering smalldevfs for 2.6 inclusion? If not, then I'd = > like to discuss with you (and Greg KH) the possibility of just eliminatin= g=20 > devfs entirely, and moving to a userspace version that is driven entirely= =20 > by /sbin/hotplug. You mean with something like this: http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2003/view_abstract.php?talk=94 :) thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open!=20 Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and=20 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