Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 May 2006 15:09:18 +0300 | From | Razvan Gavril <> | Subject | Re: Coldpluging or USB Issues ? |
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Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:25:05AM +0300, Razvan Gavril wrote: > >> As far as i know since 2.6.15 there is a new coldplug mechanism using >> uevent and switching to a newer version of udevd that can do the cold >> plugging and replacing the old hotplug scripts would be the natural next >> step but before doing this i need to ask some questions like : >> 1) Where there any changes sine 2.6.15 that could cause the old hotplug >> scripts to work reliable because most part of the time (95%) they are >> working ? >> > > I don't know, what is failing? > > Sometimes if fails to load the modules for the usb devices at boot but there are no step to reproduce, looks totally random and only on rare occasions if failing. >> 2) Upgrading to newer version of udevd to let the udev scripts to do >> the coldpluging can solve any issues that where described ? >> > > Probably, that's what all of the major distros have already done. It > makes the startup logic much smaller and simpler. > > This should be continued on the linux-hotplug-devel mailing list if you > are interested. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > I know that most major distros made the switch, but does anything changed so it would make debian's hotplug scripts (and i don't thing they are only used on debian) incompatible with kernels greater than 2.6.15 ? I cannot risk to upgrade to udev and have the same unstable platform. The most secure option that i have now is going back to 2.6.13 if udev can't give me a satisfactory answer.
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