On 8/20/05, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > Install 'discover' and 'hotplug' and that should take care of most of
> > > your problems. Those are hardware discovery programs. They will map
> > > the hardware found to the current device drivers. Very nice.
> >
> > Whether both discover and hot plug are complimetary to each other or
> > replacement to each other. If replacement which one is better. If both
> > are installed what will happen
>
> They are complementary. The discover process runs at boot time to
> load up statically attached hardware. This would typically be things
> like PCI network cards, PCI sound cards, and things like that.
>
> The hotplug process monitors dynamic system events such as USB
> devices. For example when a new USB device is found hotplug will load
> the drivers needed for that device. Hotplug also interacts with udev
> to create the required /dev devices.
>
> So having all three of discover, hotplug, and udev is a good thing.
Thanks for clarification.
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L.V.Gandhi
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