From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261276AbTLLRNo (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:13:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261326AbTLLRNo (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:13:44 -0500 Received: from zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.57]:42209 "EHLO zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261276AbTLLRNn (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:13:43 -0500 Message-ID: <3FD9F72C.6040401@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:13:16 -0500 X-Sybari-Space: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 From: Chris Friesen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: campbell@accelinc.com Cc: Jamie Lokier , Helge Hafting , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns=20Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? References: <3FD4CC7B.8050107@nishanet.com> <20031208233755.GC31370@kroah.com> <20031209061728.28bfaf0f.witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org> <20031209075619.GA1698@kroah.com> <1070960433.869.77.camel@nomade> <20031209090815.GA2681@kroah.com> <3FD5AB6C.3040008@aitel.hist.no> <20031212112636.GA12727@mail.shareable.org> <20031212163422.GA4051@helium.inexs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Chuck Campbell wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 11:26:36AM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote: > >>If anyone wants to do this _properly_, this is what to do: >> >> > > I might have missed something, but this is only for modular devices right? Depends on what you mean by "this". > No application to devices compiled in monolithically? As devices are detected, hotplug is called (which then calls udev), and udev finds the new entries in /sys and adds the appropriate nodes in /dev. Completely separate from udev, the hotplug framework also loads the module if the driver is not compiled-in. Chris -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com