I think the other interesting question, is what are the pcmcia and hot-pci
folks doing about this same issue? In 2.3.99-pre6, there is an option under
the 'general menu' for hot-plugging devices. May be something could be done
in the hot-plugging code that would work for everyone?
--George
George France, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cambridge Research Laboratory, Compaq Computer Corporation
One Kendall Square, Building 700 MS: CRL
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Hards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 5:07 AM
To: Jim Gettys
Cc: Thomas Sailer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Matthew Dharm; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Subject: Re: [linux-usb] X support for USB devices...
Jim Gettys wrote:
>
> My claim is that finding out if devices come or go
> should be a reliable part of the system: having to explicitly mount
> a file system is fragile, and I don't like fragile systems that
> break in mysterious ways. I think that /proc/bus/usb should always be
> there whenever there is USB in your system...
Further to my previous comments, note that anything depending on
/proc/bus/usb is inherently non-portable to any system other than Linux.
Surely it would be better if the application could be moved to *BSD as
an option?
Why not a normal device node /dev/usb/statchg ?
Or perhaps the X.gods should say what they are looking for in a device
change notification system, and then it just gets done? And maybe redone
a few times, but hopefully not too many fundamental interface changes.
And to clarify: X might not be the only game in town, but is sure is
getting a big turnout...
Brad
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