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From: Natanael Copa <natanael.copa@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Getting "new device" events
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:03:15
Message-Id: 1171018931.31417.14.camel@localhost
1 On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 10:03 +0100, Peter Poulsen wrote:
2 > <snip>
3 > >>
4 > >> To sum up: does anybody know of ways to execute some commands/code
5 > >> whenever a new device (from the list above), is added?
6 > >
7 > > busybox mdev.
8 > >
9 > Thanks, it certainly gets some of the work I want. However, I need to
10 > execute some code that will inform the user that a new device has been
11 > detected. So what I'm looking for is a "hook" where I can attach my code.
12 >
13 > In udev I would use the RUN+=... argument in the udev rule, but I'm
14 > looking for an alternativ.
15
16 You can run whatever code you want when a device is attatched or
17 detattched with mdev.
18
19 /etc/mdev.conf:
20
21 sd[a-z][0-9]* root:disk 0660 */usr/local/bin/newusbdisk.sh
22
23
24 Wil execute /usr/local/bin/newusbdisk.sh every time an usbdisk is either
25 attatched or detached.
26
27
28 > /peter
29 >
30
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] Getting "new device" events Peter Poulsen <peter@××××××.dk>