Usb hotplug on 2.2 kernels

Usb hotplug on 2.2 kernels

[Keith Owens]

Some people have mentioned usb hotplug support on 2.2 kernels, as an
add on patch.  Does it use depmod or does it use a separate hand built
table?  If it uses depmod, what does struct usb_device_id look like?


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Re: Usb hotplug on 2.2 kernels

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 05:16:58PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> Some people have mentioned usb hotplug support on 2.2 kernels, as an
> add on patch.  Does it use depmod or does it use a separate hand built
> table?  If it uses depmod, what does struct usb_device_id look like?

I had talked about doing the backport patch if others thought it would
be a good idea, but hadn't gotten to it yet.  I don't know of any
existing patches that do this (if there are, could someone point me to
them?)

I was thinking of using depmod, but due to the latest "mess" with the
structures, I hadn't decided what the usb_device_id format would look
like.  I am leaning toward whatever 2.4.x looks like, to try to preserve
compatibility as much as I can.

I also was/am going to test the crap out of it with older versions of
modutils, so as not to require any upgrades if the user didn't want to
have hotplug support (one of the 2.2.x requirements).

Does that all sound ok?

thanks,

greg k-h

-- 
greg@(kroah|wirex).com

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Re: Usb hotplug on 2.2 kernels

[David Brownell]

There's a certain level of support already, as I understand it,
which relies on something other than modutils providing the
tables mapping device descriptors to driver names.

The current hotplug scripts ship a "usb.distmap" file with
that information.  Currently generated using a 2.4 build
(mostly correct for 2.2.18 drivers).

- Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
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Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 10:16 PM
Subject: Usb hotplug on 2.2 kernels


> Some people have mentioned usb hotplug support on 2.2 kernels, as an
> add on patch.  Does it use depmod or does it use a separate hand built
> table?  If it uses depmod, what does struct usb_device_id look like?
> 
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