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Date:      Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:19:28 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, "Kevin D . Wooten" <kwooten@home.com>
Subject:   Re: usb hotplugging? 
Message-ID:  <200111060119.fA61JS719548@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Nov 2001 11:44:52 PST." <XFMail.011105114452.jhb@FreeBSD.org> 
References:  <XFMail.011105114452.jhb@FreeBSD.org>  

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In message <XFMail.011105114452.jhb@FreeBSD.org> John Baldwin writes:
: On 05-Nov-01 Alfred Perlstein wrote:
: > * 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. :)
: 
: 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

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