From 06e7f6e35b565acd8f1e019bb436e85a79b4cacd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Burgess Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:06:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * Reword handling of hotpluggable devices now that we install the hotplug package git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4978 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 +++ chapter07/udev.xml | 19 ++++--------------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index b37fc44d3..2f586aea7 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log. +April 16, 2005 [matt]: Reword handling of hotpluggable devices +now that we install the hotplug package (Andrew Benton) + April 16, 2005 [matt]: Minor wording/typo fixes (Allard Welter) diff --git a/chapter07/udev.xml b/chapter07/udev.xml index 825ccb20f..a89486d22 100644 --- a/chapter07/udev.xml +++ b/chapter07/udev.xml @@ -154,22 +154,11 @@ into the kernel or because it was loaded via the S05modules bootscript), udev will be called upon to create the relevant device node(s) according to the sysfs data available in -/sys. If the driver for the -just plugged in device is available as a module but currently unloaded, -then attaching the device to the system will only cause the kernel's -bus driver to generate a hotplug event that notifies userspace of the -new device connection and it not being attached to a driver. In -effect, nothing happens and the device itself is not usable -yet. +/sys. -If building a system that has a lot of drivers compiled as -modules rather than directly built into the kernel, using the -S05modules may not be practical. The Hotplug -package (see ) can -be beneficial in these cases. When the Hotplug package is installed, -it will respond to the aforementioned kernel's bus driver hotplug -events. The Hotplug package will load the appropriate module and make -this device available by creating the device node(s) for it. +If the driver for the just plugged in device is available as a module but +currently unloaded, the Hotplug package will load the appropriate module +and make this device available by creating the device node(s) for it.