On Thursday 28 February 2008, Ed W wrote:
> Hi, what is everyone else doing for a hotplug that brings up udhcpd when
> an ethernet cable is connected?
>
> I'm using baselayout2 and mdev - at the moment I can't see any hotplug
> event firing (but there is an entry in dmesg).

mdev creates device nodes and that's it.  if you want hotplugging, use udev.

> Related question - I thought everything which caused a netlink event
> should also cause a hotplug event?  If so then why aren't I getting a
> hotplug event..?

afaik, the hotplug/netlink events are equivalent, but i dont do device 
hotplugging, so i havent tested.
-mike

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