From: Hal MacArgle <haltec@kvinet.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: USB Hotplug??
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:50:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031005145055.GA882@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> (raw)
Greetings: I thought that "hotplug" merely meant a device could be
plugged in/out without shutting off the power to the computer..
Apparently there's more to it than that as I see a man and directory
dedicated to "hotplug."
I'm a bit lost at this point especially since I've plugged in a flash
drive, with the power off; noted the kernel finds it; changed the
default filesystem to ext2; and use it as a regular drive mounted as
/dev/sda1... So it's obvious that Slackware9.0/2.4.20 has configured
things to work right out of the box..
Seeing the hotplug directory and files I thought I might find an
answer to my basic query: Can the device actually be plugged in and
unplugged with the power on?? I read somewhere that firewire is
hotpluggable but "don't do it," in many cases.. No details.. I still
can't find the theory behind hot plugging.. As an EE you don't
connect anything to a live bus with impunity; unless the bus is
"dead" until it senses a load.. Maybe I can learn something here.
<grin>
Any comments? TIA & enjoying the list..
Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0 (2.4.20)
Proprietary Formats Unacceptable
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next reply other threads:[~2003-10-05 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-05 14:50 Hal MacArgle [this message]
2003-10-05 16:00 ` USB Hotplug?? Amichai Rotman
2003-10-06 13:25 ` Hal MacArgle
2003-10-05 20:48 ` pa3gcu
2003-10-06 13:39 ` Hal MacArgle
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2003-10-11 3:38 beolach
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