From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263228AbTLDIri (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 03:47:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263260AbTLDIrh (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 03:47:37 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:13483 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263228AbTLDIrh (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 03:47:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:41:15 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Fredrik Tolf Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why is hotplug a kernel helper? Message-ID: <20031204074115.GA24629@kroah.com> References: <16334.31260.278243.22272@pc7.dolda2000.com> <20031204011357.GA22506@kroah.com> <16334.38227.433336.514399@pc7.dolda2000.com> <20031204022911.GA23761@kroah.com> <16334.44085.362449.278626@pc7.dolda2000.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16334.44085.362449.278626@pc7.dolda2000.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:38:29AM +0100, Fredrik Tolf wrote: > > What do you want to use the hotplug interface for that it currently does > > not do? > > Admittedly, I'm still using the RH8 hotplug scripts, and I suspect > improvements have been made since then. I was mainly looking for a way > to auto-mount USB mass storage devices without having to reconfigure > anything as root. I have all the info I need now, though. Take a look at the devlabel package. That should do what you are looking for. thanks, greg k-h