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On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 09:13:24AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote |
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> A quick question : for automounting to work, do you need to do sysctl -w |
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> kernel.hotplug=/sbin/mdev , or is it optional? |
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Thanks, I'll have to document that. In .config, I think you need |
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"CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y". I don't know if the kernel can even be built |
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without it. What output do you get from the command |
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cat /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug |
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I get... |
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/sbin/mdev |
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That's what you need. *IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR YOU* the docs at |
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http://git.busybox.net/busybox/plain/docs/mdev.txt give 2 options... |
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1) If you have a proc file system (yes we do), the way to do it is |
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echo /sbin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug |
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2) For embedded systems without a proc filesystem, you can |
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sysctl -w kernel.hotplug=/sbin/mdev |
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Option 2 would probably also work for Gentoo, but the proc filesystem |
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makes things a lot easier. |
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In my case hotplug support was enabled and /sbin/mdev was already |
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listed in /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug. Google turns up a lot of |
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documentation for mdev on stripped down embedded systems. Trying to |
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apply it to a desktop PC is breaking new ground. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |