From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262796AbTLDGge (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 01:36:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263024AbTLDGge (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 01:36:34 -0500 Received: from [66.35.79.110] ([66.35.79.110]:13709 "EHLO www.hockin.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262796AbTLDGge (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 01:36:34 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:37:31 -0800 From: Tim Hockin To: Greg KH Cc: Fredrik Tolf , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why is hotplug a kernel helper? Message-ID: <20031204023731.GA6751@hockin.org> References: <16334.31260.278243.22272@pc7.dolda2000.com> <20031204011357.GA22506@kroah.com> <16334.38227.433336.514399@pc7.dolda2000.com> <20031204022911.GA23761@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031204022911.GA23761@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 06:29:12PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > I would suggest reading this post from Linus for a quick summary: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105552804303171 I don't really see what's so bad about acpid. The code is dead simple. Now, I'm not saying it is better than hotplug, but I really don't see them as being too different. Sorry to chime in :)