On 7/3/05, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip>
> Well, this is an interesting point. I was going to point you at > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.1-pre1/chapter07/udev.html > (7.4.2, paragraph 4 in particular), but that completely fails to mention > how the driver modules are actually loaded, in order to register > themselves in /sys). > > Anyone care to hit me with the cluebat on this one? So far the chain of > events is: > >From udev-047, udevd is capable of handling hotplug events from modules, as well as devices, and knows to call the appropriate hotplug rc script related to the module. (at module load, a hotplug event is generated by the kernel, and calls whatever is defined as the hotplug handler). The udev package contains some (out of date) docs regarding event handling and modules - the Changelog specifies the fact that udevd now handles module events. -- - Steve Crosby -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
