On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Gabriel Parrondo <
g.parrondo@gmail.com> wrote:
El mié, 02-07-2008 a las 16:57 +0800, ray escribió:
> Yes, the discover package. Now I see the discover package can be
> removed from my system and maybe can make my system boot up a little
> more quick.
> I would like to know the details of the kernel's own detection
> mechanism. Do you know where can I find the documentation about it?
> Thank for you reply.
>
The kernel-level system used is hotplug. It generates events on hardware
detection and then user-level applications take care of those events.
That user-level application is usually udev. Check man udev for more
info on configuring it.
Here are some introductory articles. For advanced info, STFW.
http://lwn.net/Articles/242046/
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Hotplug
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Udev
I'm not sure if the info is up-to-date, they were just sitting in my
bookmarks.
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