From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 22:09:33 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release 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 Steven Dake wrote: > > A much better solution could be had by select()ing on a filehandle > indicating when a new hotswap event is ready to be processed. No races, > no security issues, no performance issues. I must say that I've always felt this to be a better approach than the /sbin/hotplug callout. Apart from the performance issue, it means that the kernel can buffer the "insertion" events which happen at boot-time discovery until the userspace handler attaches itself. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ 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