Thanks for the suggestion. After more exploration, looks like different distribution have different implementations for /sbin/hotplug. This may aggravate the issue for applications. For now, we will stick with a wait and watch after bus scan :-(
Will probe the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list for more pointers Thanks =========================== Atul Mukker Architect, Drivers and BIOS LSI Logic Corporation > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:52 AM > To: Mukker, Atul > Cc: 'James Bottomley'; Linux Kernel; SCSI Mailing List > Subject: Re: How to add/drop SCSI drives from within the driver? > > Atul - > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:27:36AM -0500, Mukker, Atul wrote: > > After writing the "- - -" to the scan attribute, the management > > applications assume the udev has created the relevant > entries in the > > /dev directly and try to use the devices _immediately_ and > fail to see > > the devices > > > > Is there a hotplug event which would tell the management > applications > > that the device nodes have actually been created now and > ready to be used? > > Read the udev man page section, the part right before > "FILES". Try putting a script under /etc/dev.d/default/*.dev. > Then you can get more specific with an /etc/dev.d/scsi/*.dev > script or something else. > > I just tried something simple but did not get it working. > > Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] list for help. > > -- Patrick Mansfield > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
