Adrian Bunk wrote:
- hotplugging devices != module loading
- CONFIG_HOTPLUG does not load any code into the kernel.
- hotplugging devices can work without any userspace support
As an example, hotplugging an USB hard disk works fine with
CONFIG_MODULES=n and without any userspace support (assuming
a static /dev).
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Ah, I see. But if I have no USB hard disk to plug in?
Should I still be compiling in HOTPLUG? Seems a waste.
Thanks for the example though...
-linda
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