On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 03:39:21AM -0700, Ivy wrote:
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> 
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> --- Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Ivy wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > >             I am here with some set of doubts... Hope you people guide me 
> > > right direction. 
> > > 
> > > I would like to know, all USB devices (like BT dongle, camera) connected 
> > > to my system . To know this , i would like to have a kernel module with 
> > > callback function. This callback function would be registered with all 
> > > USB client driver. (driver above usbcore like mass storage drivers, 
> > > bluetooth drivers). Obviously whenever USB device connected with the 
> > > system or removed from the system. USB core will call the CLIENT drivers 
> > > functions (probe, disconnect). From those function my module callback 
> > > would be called for notification. 
> > > 
> > >              ll be better way to do this ?.. Is there any suggestion for 
> > > achieving this ?..
> > 
> > You can do what you want in userspace by using hotplug events.
> 
> I would like to do it Kernel space ... Is there any othere way ?.

I've wanted to set up a kernel notifier for adding USB devices in the
past, things like usbfs and root_plug could use it.  Just never got
around to it yet, but it would be quite easy to add...

thanks,

greg k-h


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