From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262127AbVAJHHG (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:07:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262128AbVAJHHG (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:07:06 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:54243 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262127AbVAJHHB (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:07:01 -0500 Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:04:38 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "Bhupesh Kumar Pandey, Noida" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: regarding hotpluggable devices adn linux kernel Message-ID: <20050110070438.GA13078@kroah.com> References: <267988DEACEC5A4D86D5FCD780313FBB03500BDC@exch-03.noida.hcltech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <267988DEACEC5A4D86D5FCD780313FBB03500BDC@exch-03.noida.hcltech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:19:21PM +0530, Bhupesh Kumar Pandey, Noida wrote: > > Actually I want to know the how hotplugging works under 2.6 and what is the > information flow and how a user can do this. Hotplug what? That's a _very_ general term. Hotplug CPU? Hotplug Memory? Hotplug SCSI disk? Hotplug USB device? Hotplug keyboard? Hotplug PCI device? Hotplug IEEE1394 device? Hotplug PCMCIA device? The userspace /sbin/hotplug script? The linux-hotplug script package? and so on... They all work differently, as they are all different things. > Secondly is it support PnP of iSCSI disks? If yes then it has support in > kernel or any patch is nedded? If no then what are the problems. I do not know anything about iSCSI, sorry. Try asking on the linux-scsi mailing list. greg k-h