Re: Confused! Confused! hotplug, kmod, kerneld, devfs, devfsd

[Nate Amsden <aphro@portal.aphroland.org>]

what kernel are you using? i have been using usb with my visor deluxe
for a long
time with very little trouble. be sure to follow the directions on
http://www.calvin.edu/~rvbijl39/visor/visor-2.html

there is a newer FAQ but i used the old one(above) last time and it
seems
to work fine.

nate

Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote:
> 
> thanx.. the reason I am asking this is that I want my Visor Deluxe work
> under Debian using gnome pilot.. but I have no luck with compile in visor
> code, or modules. and I just wondering if it has anything to do with
> hotplug and devfsd
> 
> Edwin lau
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 18:59:48 Ethan Benson wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 01:47:37PM -0500, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > >     It is strictly speaking not a Debian question, but since I am
> > using
> > > Debian... please help!! I am having trouble trying to sort out what
> > each
> > > one of these things do: hotplug, kmod, kerneld, devfs, devfsd. I know
> > they
> > > are not the same, but I don't know the differences. I check out the
> > man,
> > > howtos and various documentation and still don't know what they really
> > are.
> > > please help me explaining them. thanx
> >
> > kmod is just an option in the kernel configuration to automatically
> > load kernel modules on demand.  there is no userland daemon to worry
> > about (just modutils which contains /sbin/modprobe)
> >
> > hotplug is something very similar to kmod, its new with USB, its only
> > needed if you use USB extensivly and need certain actions to be
> > performed whem some devices are attached to the USB bus.
> >
> > devfs is optional, you don't need it.  don't turn it on unless you
> > want to break your system, you must know what your doing to mess with
> > it.
> >
> > devfsd adds symlinks to the fake devfs to make it compatible with the
> > standard naming convention.  you don't need it if you don't use
> > devfs.
> >
> > --
> > Ethan Benson
> > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
> >
> 
> Edwin Lau (lauedw@waves.utoronto.ca)
> 
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