Author: jim
Date: 2005-03-14 13:35:30 -0700 (Mon, 14 Mar 2005)
New Revision: 4759
Modified:
branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter06/hotplug.xml
Log:
Updated: hotplug explanations
Modified: branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2005-03-14 20:30:17 UTC
(rev 4758)
+++ branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2005-03-14 20:35:30 UTC
(rev 4759)
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>March 14, 2005 [jim]</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - Gettext to 0.14.3</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - Updated hotplug explanations from r4758.
Thanx Matt</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - Gettext to 0.14.3.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>March 13, 2005 [jim]</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - IPRoute2 to
2.6.11-050310</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux to
2.6.11.3</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - IPRoute2 to
2.6.11-050310.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux to
2.6.11.3.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux-libc-headers to
2.6.11.0.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - Dynamically link the pass1 toolchain to
workaround bug 1061 and remove all related explanatory text</para></listitem>
Modified: branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter06/hotplug.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter06/hotplug.xml 2005-03-14 20:30:17 UTC
(rev 4758)
+++ branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter06/hotplug.xml 2005-03-14 20:35:30 UTC
(rev 4759)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug"><primary
sortas="b-hotplug">hotplug</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This script is called by default by Linux kernel when something
+<para>This script is called by default by the Linux kernel when something
changes in its internal state (e.g., a new device is added or removed).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -92,14 +92,12 @@
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-rc"><primary
sortas="d-/etc/hotplug/*.rc">/etc/hotplug/*.rc</primary></indexterm>
-<para>These scripts are used for cold plugging, i.e., detection and other
-specific actions upon hardware already present during system startup.
-They are called by the <filename>hotplug</filename> initscript that comes
-from the LFS-Bootscripts package.
-The <command>*.rc</command>
-scripts try to recover hotplug events that were lost during system boot
-because, e.g., the root filesystem was not mounted by the kernel.
-</para>
+<para>These scripts are used for cold plugging, i.e., detecting and acting upon
+hardware already present during system startup. They are called by the
+<filename>hotplug</filename> initscript that comes from the LFS-Bootscripts
+package. The <command>*.rc</command> scripts try to recover hotplug events
that
+were lost during system boot because, for example, the root filesystem was not
+mounted by the kernel.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -110,8 +108,8 @@
sortas="d-/etc/hotplug/*.agent">/etc/hotplug/*.agent</primary></indexterm>
<para>These scripts are called by <command>hotplug</command>
in response to different types of hotplug events generated by the kernel.
-Their action is to insert corresponding kernel modules and call user-provided
-scripts, if any.
+Their action is to insert corresponding kernel modules and call any
+user-provided scripts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-functions"><primary
sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions">/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This file contains common functions used by other scripts in Hotplug
+<para>This file contains common functions used by other scripts in the Hotplug
package.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -132,8 +130,8 @@
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-blacklist"><primary
sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/blacklist">/etc/hotplug/blacklist</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This file contains the list of modules that should never be
-inserted into the kernel by hotplug scripts.
+<para>This file contains the list of modules that should never be inserted into
+the kernel by the hotplug scripts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -143,8 +141,7 @@
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-subdirs"><primary
sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}">/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}</primary></indexterm>
-<para>These directories are supposed to contain user-written handlers for
-hotplug events.
+<para>These directories contain user-written handlers for hotplug events.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -155,7 +152,7 @@
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-usb.usermap"><primary
sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap">/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap</primary></indexterm>
<para>This file contains rules that determine which user-defined handlers to
-call for each USB device, based on its vendor, id and other attributes.
+call for each USB device, based on its vendor ID and other attributes.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -165,7 +162,7 @@
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-events"><primary
sortas="e-/var/log/hotplug/events">/var/log/hotplug/events</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This file contains all the events since bootup that hotplug has called.
+<para>This file contains all the events that hotplug has called since bootup.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -175,10 +172,9 @@
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-hotplug.d"><primary
sortas="e-/etc/hotplug.d">/etc/hotplug.d</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This directory contains programs (or symlinks to them)
-that are interested in receiving hotplug events. E.g.,
-<application>Udev</application> puts its symlink here during installation.
-</para>
+<para>This directory contains programs (or symlinks to them) that are
interested
+in receiving hotplug events. For example, <application>Udev</application> puts
+its symlink here during installation.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -187,9 +183,8 @@
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-firmware"><primary
sortas="e-/lib/firmware">/lib/firmware</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This directory contains the firmware for devices that
-need to have there firmware loaded before use.
-</para>
+<para>This directory contains the firmware for devices that need to have their
+firmware loaded before use.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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