Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Load hid.o module synchronously? | From | "Patrick J. LoPresti" <> | Date | 26 Apr 2004 15:50:52 -0400 |
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Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com> writes:
> Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > > > For example, I invoke "modprobe hid" to make my USB keyboard work. > > This loads the module and exits immediately, causing my script to > > proceed, before the USB keyboard is probed and ready. > > I want to wait until the driver is finished initializing (i.e., a USB > > keyboard is either found or not found) before my script continues. > > How can I do that? > > How about scanning the usb device tree to see if the keyboard is > present and properly detected?
You mean under sysfs or usbfs? Or both?
I see how I can scan for a USB keyboard after loading the USB host controller module. I think. But what do I look for, exactly, to tell when hid.o has hooked itself up to the keyboard?
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