Re: usbmgr and hotplug, conclusion?
I did't had time to check .. just to remember .... the default debian
kernel has support for hotplug enabled or only the pcmcia enabled ones
(for notebooks ? ) have support for it ?
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On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 12:44, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Am 2003-07-17 12:27 +0200 schrieb Martin Pitt:
> > IMHO it is not very useful to provide two packages which do the same
> > job (inserting/removing modules and call init scripts). Both
> > packages have quite many bugs, thus any efforts should be
> > concentrated IMHO.
>
> After all these answers, I think I'd rather take a look at hotplug and
> try to send some patches instead of trying to rescue usbmgr. In
> addition, another DD told me that he is also interested in ITA'ing
> usbmgr, thus it would not get lost completely.
>
> Just for interest: removing a package at once is certainly a bad idea.
> Which steps would it take to provide a smooth transition for migrating
> to hotplug (and "forcing" users to do so in a reasonable time)? I'm
> just curious, there are certainly other cases like this where packages
> have been superseded/obsoleted.
>
> Thanks and have a happy weekend!
>
> Martin
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