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From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming@backtobasicsmgmt.com>
To: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] udev: udevd shall inform us abot trouble
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:59:57 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4143593D.9050402@backtobasicsmgmt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200409112122.36068.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>

Denis Vlasenko wrote:

> As a user, I prefer to be able to use device right away after
> modprobe. Imagine ethN appearing "sometime after" modprobe.
> Would you like such behavior?

Imagine that the device isn't plugged in when modprobe is run, but is 
plugged in later.

Imagine that the device is plugged in when modprobe is run, but some 
intermediate device (for example a USB hub) is not working, so when you 
correct if the device appears.

There are many more scenarios where true hotplug-based initialization 
makes more sense than otherwise.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-09-11 20:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-08  7:18 [PATCH] udev: udevd shall inform us abot trouble Denis Vlasenko
2004-09-10 20:30 ` Greg KH
2004-09-11 16:43   ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-09-11 17:48     ` Kevin P. Fleming
2004-09-11 18:22       ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-09-11 19:59         ` Kevin P. Fleming [this message]
2004-09-12 16:58         ` Greg KH

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