From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: beolach@juno.com Subject: Re: USB Hotplug?? Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 03:38:03 GMT Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20031010.203829.9511.48634@webmail08.lax.untd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: haltec@kvinet.com Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hey, Hal Now that you've mastered USB Hotpluging, are you ready to start hotswapping your CPU? Just saw this on Slashdot /. Links inside <> I thought you might enjoy it. ;) Conway S. Smith -- Hal MacArgle wrote: 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. Any comments? TIA & enjoying the list.. Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0 (2.4.20) Proprietary Formats Unacceptable . - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs