From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Neukum Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 10:29:42 +0000 Subject: Re: Adding PCMCIA support to the kernel tree -- developers needed. 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 Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2001 11:11, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:57:52AM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Again removal is not the problem, replacement is. > > And yes, while a configuration script is running the kernel should queue > > device addition events. > > And to be absolutely correct you need to check the queue for obsolete > > events before you play it to user space. > > IMO it needs not to be a true queue, but rather than a list of present > devices which is then checked against a list that the daemon knows about > already and the events would be then made to synchronize them. I am afraid that order is important unless the scripts are given a stable name. printer 1 addition -> edit printcap printer 2 addition -> edit printcap printer 1 removal -> edit printcap will leave you with lp1 as your printer name If you reverse steps 2 and 3 you get lp0 as printer name. Regards Oliver _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel