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    SubjectRe: [patch] kernel events layer
    On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:03:05PM -0400, Greg KH wrote:
    > > On a related note, is this supposed to supersede the current hotplug
    > > mechanism?
    >
    > No, it will not. At the most, it will report the same information to
    > make it easier for userspace programs who want to get the other
    > event information, also get the hotplug stuff through the same
    > interface, reducing their complexity.
    >
    > So the existing hotplug interface is not going away at all. Do not even
    > begin to think that :)

    What about flipping it around and using either hotplug or a hotplug-like
    mechanism for these events?

    It solves the issue of events being dropped when there is no listening
    daemon...

    These are not going to be high-traffic messages, right, so the overhead is
    negligible...
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