Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:10:28 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: "Kevin D . Wooten" <kwooten@home.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb hotplugging? Message-ID: <20011105131028.H89342@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <01110511582305.08198@newton.cevio.com>; from kwooten@home.com on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 11:58:23AM -0700 References: <01110511582305.08198@newton.cevio.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
* Kevin D . Wooten <kwooten@home.com> [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. :)
--
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20011105131028.H89342>