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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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