[ale] udev vs hotplug

[Richard Bronosky]

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev
...[udev] is the successor of devfs and hotplug...

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net> wrote:
> If they're not technically the same thing, then at least they're
> historically related.
> The udev stuff is a moving target, and I don't really know the authoritative
> answer for 2.6.38.  I think that kernelnewbies would be a good forum for
> that question if the information at the URL below doesn't give you the
> answers you need:
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Is hotplug the same as udev?
>>
>> CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
>>
>> I'm implementing a small device.  I usually start with a kernel.  In
>> this case 2.6.38.  I then start adding stuff ontop of it or writing
>> programs to do much of the work.
>>
>> I'm at the point where I want to add USB mass storage support.  In 2.4.X
>> I used /sbin/hotplug and wrote a C program that loaded the necessary
>> drivers for the specific USB devices I wanted to support.  I'm not sure
>> what the best method is in 2.6.38 would be.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
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