> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Fish > Sent: 06 February 2006 14:18 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB issue > > > > I'm still on the last 2.6.14 kernel and would like to know > any tricks I > > need to put in place before I run into a USB problem . . . I have > > hotplug in my rc-update default and coldplug in my > rc-update boot. Do I > > need to change these manually, or will a 2.6.15 kernel and > update world > > sort it out for me? > > It 'just worked' for me, but I do run ~x86. The big difference > between 2.6.14 and later kernels is that later kernels use netlink for > hotplug events instead of udevsend. You can see this towards the > bottom of /lib/rcscripts/addons/udev-start.sh. There is not anything > special that you need to do to prepare for this, other than > etc-update. > > -Richard
Thanks, let's hope that'll be the case with my stable system, too. I was just asking to know if I will need to remove hotplug from the rc levels and then unmerge it manually, or whether such things will be taken care of by the update process. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
