On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 13:34 +0200, Fukumoto Akira wrote:
> Hello Olav,
> some news from my development. Two facts I have found:
>
> 1. Assuming that USB needs hot plug-function the kernel always needs
> usermode-functions i.e. call_usermodehelper() to install dev-nodes for
> USB-Mass Storage-device. In my case I have static linked isp116x-Drivers
> which are registered during __init of the kernel before rootfs is available
> therfore call_usermodehelper()-> /sbin/hotplug gets -1 when open a file.
> Do you know a way to register isp116x-driver after rootfs is loaded?
The hotplug initscript should do a "coldplug" during boot to setup these
devices.
For the purposes of testing that your hardware is working you could
always load the relevant modules and create the device nodes by hand,
the hotplug is only a "convenience" really.
Ian.
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