diff -urNX dontdiff linux-2.6.6/include/linux/kobject.h linux/include/linux/kobject.h
--- linux-2.6.6/include/linux/kobject.h	2004-05-09 22:31:59.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/include/linux/kobject.h	2004-05-18 20:29:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 	void (*release)(struct kobject *);
 	struct sysfs_ops	* sysfs_ops;
 	struct attribute	** default_attrs;
+	int			no_hotplug;
 };
 
 
diff -urNX dontdiff linux-2.6.6/lib/kobject.c linux/lib/kobject.c
--- linux-2.6.6/lib/kobject.c	2004-05-09 22:33:19.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/lib/kobject.c	2004-05-18 20:50:42.000000000 -0400
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@
 {
 	struct kobject * top_kobj = kobj;
 
+	if (kobj->ktype && kobj->ktype->no_hotplug)
+		return;
+
 	/* If this kobj does not belong to a kset,
 	   try to find a parent that does. */
 	if (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent) {