On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 21:35 -0500, Christian Convey wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm curious about the way a USB camera gets set up when plugged into a > Sarge / 2.6.9 system. I'm also using 'udev'. Anyone know the following? > > When I plug in the camera, I assume there are three devices that must be > created in the /dev directory, no? > > #1 : a device for the camera's plain old USB interface (i.e., ttyUSB1) > #2 : a device for the camera as a usb mass storage device (i.e., sda) > #3 : a device for the partition on that storage device (i.e., sda1) > > Can anyone tell me which pieces of software are responsible for setting > up each of those devics?
udev. $ apt-cache show udev [snip] Description: /dev/ management daemon udev is a program which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from /dev/. It responds to /sbin/hotplug device events and requires a 2.6 kernel. apt-cache is your friend/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Why do we have to hide from the police, Daddy?" "Because we use vi, son. They use emacs."
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