Re: description of udev, sysfs, hotplug, hal, etc.

["Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@gmail.com>]

On 2/27/06, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 11:47:42PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:05:12PM -0600, David Berg wrote:
> > > On 2/26/06, Kevin Mark <kmark+debian-user@pipeline.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:59:44PM -0800, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> > > > > On 2/26/06, David Berg <drberg1000@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On 2/22/06, L. V. Gandhi <lvgandhi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > new udev suggests to remove hotplug. However sequence of activities by
> > > > >
> > > > > > So if hotplug is no longer suggested (where is this suggestion?),
> > > > >
> > > > > During installation and reconfiguring udev in sid I got a message like that.
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Marco D'itri (the Debian mainainter) said that the functionalicy of
> > > > hotplug has been incorporated into udev, that is why it is removing the
> > > > 'hotplug' package was done.
> > >
> > > O.k.  So in Sarge, the hotplug scripts would still be the apropriate
> > > place to call my sync script?  Or is HAL more appropriate?  I have a
> > > pretty solid grasp on hotplug now but still know only a rough
> > > definition on HAL.
> > >
> > > If it is in hotplug, where do I find the values for the usermap?  I
> > > haven't been able to find any info on the web or anything that looked
> > > appropriate in my logs after inserting the device.
> > >
> > Hi David,
> > I should say that my statment refers to recent version of 'sid' udev (I
> > think around .70??) and not to sarge/stable or etch/testing. And
> > unfortualy, I havent read about udev or co. in a while so I just do
> > not rememeber. sorry.
>
> On my i386 etch system, when I updated it recently, it asked me to
> please *purge* hotplug.  So maybe it applies there, too.
>
> -- hendrik

Etch does indeed use a version of udev that includes hotplug.