From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 5 17:19:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D360637B418; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:19:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fA61JTa02554; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:19:29 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fA61JS719548; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:19:28 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200111060119.fA61JS719548@harmony.village.org> To: John Baldwin Subject: Re: usb hotplugging? Cc: Alfred Perlstein , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, "Kevin D . Wooten" In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 05 Nov 2001 11:44:52 PST." References: Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:19:28 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message John Baldwin writes: : On 05-Nov-01 Alfred Perlstein wrote: : > * Kevin D . Wooten [011105 13:06] wrote: : >> I have been looking around the usb code, and trying to see if it supports : >> some sort of hotplugging notification in user-space. I am looking for : >> something like the linux hotplugging project. If this does not exist I am : >> more than willing to knock it together. If it needs to be added I would like : >> some ideas, suggestions, comments about the implementation. : >> : >> Also linux-hotplugging is for all busses ( pci,usb,1394 ), and it is very : >> nice that they are unified. This would probably be my final goal, although : >> usb is my current need. : > : > Right now each individual system in FreeBSD has its own daemon to : > do this, pccardd and usbd. Unifying them would be an interesting : > and worthwhile excersize. Go for it. :) : : And very much on the project's todo list. That was the topic of discussion : (devd) at part of the Usenix kernel meeting. Warner Losh (imp@FreeBSD.org) is : in theory working on it or at least has plans for it. More in theory than in practice at the moment. The funding that I had is more in the "isn't" cateogry than the "is" category at the moment and that's unlikely to change. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message