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diff --git a/chapter06/hotplug.xml b/chapter06/hotplug.xml index a702f43a0..3fae29990 100644 --- a/chapter06/hotplug.xml +++ b/chapter06/hotplug.xml @@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Hotplug package contains scripts that react upon hotplug events -generated by the kernel. Such events correspond to every change in the -in the kernel state visible in the "sysfs" filesystem, e.g., the addition and -removal of hardware. This package also detects existing hardware during -boot and inserts the relevant modules into the running kernel. -</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> @@ -32,13 +26,11 @@ boot and inserts the relevant modules into the running kernel. <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Remove Hotplug's not-so-clean init script, since we're going to be using -the script including with LFS-Bootscripts:</para> +<para>Remove Hotplug's init script:</para> <screen><userinput>rm -rf /etc/init.d</userinput></screen> -<para>Network device hotplugging is not supported by LFS bootscripts yet. For -that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para> +<para>Remove the network hotplug agent:</para> <screen><userinput>rm -f /etc/hotplug/net.agent</userinput></screen> </sect2> @@ -46,103 +38,7 @@ that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para> <sect2 id="contents-hotplug" role="content"><title>Contents of Hotplug</title> -<variablelist> -<varlistentry id="hotplug"> -<term><command>/sbin/hotplug</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug"><primary -sortas="b-hotplug">hotplug</primary></indexterm> -<para>This script is called by default by Linux kernel when something -changes in its internal state (e.g., a new device is added or removed).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> +<para>See testing</para> -<varlistentry id="hotplug-rc"> -<term><command>*.rc</command> files in -<filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug</filename> directory</term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-rc"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/*.rc">/etc/hotplug/*.rc</primary></indexterm> -<para>These scripts are used for cold plugging, i.e., detection and other -specific actions upon hardware already present during system startup. -They are called by the <filename>hotplug</filename> initscript that comes -from the lfs-bootscripts package. -The <command>*.rc</command> -scripts try to recover hotplug events that were lost during system boot -because, e.g., the root filesystem was not mounted by the kernel. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-agent"> -<term><command>*.agent</command> files in -<filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug</filename> directory</term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-agent"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/*.agent">/etc/hotplug/*.agent</primary></indexterm> -<para>These scripts are called by <command>/sbin/hotplug</command> -in response to different types of hotplug events generated by the kernel. -Their action is to insert corresponding kernel modules and call user-provided -scripts, if any. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-functions"> -<term><filename>/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-functions"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions">/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains common functions used by other scripts in Hotplug -package. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-blacklist"> -<term><filename>/etc/hotplug/blacklist</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-blacklist"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/blacklist">/etc/hotplug/blacklist</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains the list of modules that should never be -inserted into the kernel by hotplug scripts. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-subdirs"> -<term><filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-subdirs"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}">/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}</primary></indexterm> -<para>These directories are supposed to contain user-written handlers for -hotplug events. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-usb.usermap"> -<term><filename>/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-usb.usermap"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap">/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains rules that determine which user-defined handlers to -call for each USB device, based on its vendor, id and other attributes. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-hotplug.d"> -<term><filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug.d</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-hotplug.d"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug.d">/etc/hotplug.d</primary></indexterm> -<para>This directory contains programs (or symlinks to them) -that are interested in receiving hotplug events. E.g., -<application>udev</application> puts its symlink here during installation. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> |