Re: description of udev, sysfs, hotplug, hal, etc.

On 2/22/06, Hendrik Sattler <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hotplug: called by the kernel, loads the proper driver is can run scipts

udev: called by the kernel, dynamic filesystem in userspace that relies on
tmpfs, lately replaces hotplug

new udev suggests to remove hotplug. However sequence of activities by
them ie which runs first and how they interact is important. I also
would like to understand from gurus here.


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