Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 May 1999 13:45:40 -0400 (EDT) | From | Bradley M Keryan <> | Subject | Re: USB script |
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On 1 May 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> > Why can't uhci-control just write a /var/run/uhci-control.pid like > most other daemons. Then you can simply kill `cat /var/run/uhci-control.pid`. > Or even better, start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --pidfile \ > /var/run/uhci-control.pid uhci-control >
Because it's a kernel thread. This is so that USB device detection/enumeration can be done asynchronously (some operations result in long delays, so it can't be done inside the interrupt handler, nor should it be).
Speaking of threads, I think this one is getting just a tiny bit off-topic :)
Brad
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