Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751465AbWCZTcK (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:32:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751487AbWCZTcK (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:32:10 -0500 Received: from hummeroutlaws.com ([12.161.0.3]:40965 "EHLO atpro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751465AbWCZTcJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:32:09 -0500 From: "Jim Crilly" Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:29:59 -0500 To: Linda Walsh Cc: Adrian Bunk , Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: Security downgrade? CONFIG_HOTPLUG required in 2.6.16? Message-ID: <20060326192958.GA4864@voodoo> Mail-Followup-To: Linda Walsh , Adrian Bunk , Linux-Kernel References: <44237D87.70300@tlinx.org> <20060325192635.GQ4053@stusta.de> <4426620C.2040707@tlinx.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4426620C.2040707@tlinx.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 945 Lines: 26 On 03/26/06 01:42:36AM -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > >- hotplugging devices != module loading > >- CONFIG_HOTPLUG does not load any code into the kernel. > >- hotplugging devices can work without any userspace support > > > >As an example, hotplugging an USB hard disk works fine with > >CONFIG_MODULES=n and without any userspace support (assuming > >a static /dev). > > > --- > Ah, I see. But if I have no USB hard disk to plug in? > Should I still be compiling in HOTPLUG? Seems a waste. > Thanks for the example though... > > -linda But what about USB keyboards and mice? IIRC at least some of the newer servers where I work don't come with PS/2 ports anymore. Jim. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/