RE: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release

Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky
2003-04-12T04:10:59Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Dake [mailto:sdake@mvista.com]
>
> Without blocking until the device is created and ready to be used, it
> becomes difficult to actually "hotswap insert" and then immediatly use
> the device, requiring polling. Most users would like to wait for the
> event to complete, or have a select()able fd to wait on to know when the
> event has been completed.
>
> This might be possible to emulate through dnotify, but would still
> require a rescan of the dev directory, causing poor performance.

Would you take a look at the patch I just sent and tell me if something
along the lines of that would help? [the subject is Simple Kernel-User
Event Interface]

Iñaky Pérez-González -- Not speaking for Intel -- all opinions are my own
(and my fault)