On 1/23/09, Andreas Jellinghaus <a...@dungeon.inka.de> wrote: > Am Freitag 23 Januar 2009 16:15:39 schrieb Alon Bar-Lev: > > > > Plus: > > > - no udev event is generated when the device is removed > > > > There is, I sent you. > > Hal get this from somewhere... > > > hal remembers, udev does not. thus udev only knows that some usb > device is gone, but does not remember e.g. vendor and product id > and cannot perform the right user. hal keeps more information in memory > as far as I know, so it it can do that.
All is needed is to be notified on removal. The kernel tells you that if you have an opened handle. And if there is a bug in kernel code when a device is gone (reported by udev) you can repoll your handles and verify existence. If I understand correctly, it was enough for pcscd. Alon. _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
