Re: should the module script be invoked every time?

["Chris Weiss" <chris@free-source.com>]

I'm new to the list, bringing up an old topic becasue I too had the same issue and
it doesn't seem to have been resolved on the list or in the docs.

  > >The script is now /etc/hotplug/usb/visor, since it's the visor module
  > >that supports the palms.
  >
  > If you give your script some other name, like 'palmsync' or something
  > else, your script shall run everytime you plug in the device.
  >

If you rename the module in distmap, the kernel module won't load.  But if the
kernel module is already loaded, the usermap won't get run at all.

The docs are WRONG on this! http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/?selected=usb
"When your device support involves a kernel driver, instead of a purely user mode
driver, name the script after that driver. Similar scripts can trigger when you
connect a PDA, printer, or other device. "

This clearly implies that the script will run so long it has the same name as the
module...period.  no editing maps, no if's and's or but's.  This is wrong.

What needs to be done is copy the visor line from the distmap to the handmap,
renaming the module to your own name, then add the script of this new name.

Note that the usermap will NEVER get processed if the distmap or handmap sucessfully
do something usefull, but distmap and handmap will both always be processed.  From
looking at the *.agent scripts, it also seems as though this feature ONLY applies to
usb.



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