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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: hotplug devices (scripting questions)
From:       Kuba Ober <kuba () mareimbrium ! org>
Date:       2002-04-26 22:03:29
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> Unfortunately Linux 2.4 lacks many capabilities neccessary for hotplugging.
> For example the /sbin/hotplug notifications only give enough information to
> load the devic driver, but this device driver won't tell you the
> major/minor number it has taken. And you don't have stable ids for hotplug
> devices that are still valid after re-plugging (so you can always mount the
> same disk at the same mount point). And you cannot get the relationship
> between multi-functional devices. For example many scanners have two or
> three interfaces: image capture and HID (human interface devices, usually
> for buttons like 'copy', 'scan'..).

Doesn't /proc/usb provide yet enough info to manage multi-functional devices?

Cheers, Kuba
 
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