Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:32:27 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] udev enhancements to use kernel event queue |
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:40:37AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Iau, 2003-06-12 at 23:03, Andrew Morton wrote: > > This is a significantly crappy aspect of the /sbin/hotplug callout. I'd be > > very interested in reading an outline of how you propose fixing it, without > > waiting until OLS, thanks. > > Dave Miller posted a simple patch to allow netlink to be used for > kernel->user messages - hotplug/disk error/logging/whatever. I'm > suprised therefore that the whole thing is being regurgitated again.
For error logging stuff I think the netlink interface is fine. And I'm pretty sure some of the IBM RAS people are looking into useing it.
But as a hotplug interface, no, I do not want to change to using it. The bash /sbin/hotplug plugin writers would hate me... :)
thanks,
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