Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:10:19 -0800
From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: hotplug mopup
To: Marcus.Meissner@caldera.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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> > - I don't think we can say that the kernel hotplug interface is 
> >   complete until we have real, working, tested userspace tools. David, 
> >   could you please summarise the state of play here? In particular, 
> >   what still needs to be done? 
> 
> Well, for USB I would like to know which device major/minor entry a newly 
> plugged device is associated with. 
> 
> Like if I insert a new USB camera, I want to easy find out it is char 81.1 
> (/dev/video1). Or if I plugin a USB storage device I want to easy find out 
> it is /dev/sda now. 

How might that relate to devfs integration?  It addresses similar
problems, and devfsd can call to userspace when such drivers (ones
that show up through major/minor device nodes) appear.  True, some
folk who want to hotplug might want to not run devfs.

- Dave
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