Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:44:57 -0700 | From | Tim Hockin <> | Subject | Re: [patch] kernel events layer |
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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... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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