Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:00:32 +0100 From: Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ok, that makes sense. Would it be possible to modify this software to use the standard Linux hotplug framework instead? PCMCIA will move to start using that as well during the 2.5 kernel series. I think it would make sense to do that. But I have just spent some time looking at the hotplug package and I'm not sure I understand how this would integrate into it. This software operates in user space by polling the network interface for the link beat. When a transition is detected, it runs a script that takes an appropriate action. The hotplug scripts seem to be kernel driven. There's no provision for any network events other than device registration. If the hotplug scripts are installed, it looks as though the network device will be registered whenever its driver is loaded. But this software needs to leave the driver loaded all the time, so that the polling can work. Only when link beat is detected is the interface brought up. Do you have any ideas about this? Is there someone (Greg KH?) I should talk to about this?
