Hi, On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 08:48:26AM +0200, Bertrik Sikken wrote: > In the 2.6.x range of kernels there is a weird issue (=bug?), i.e. > there is a race between the hotplug event and the creation of the > libusb 'device file' (in /proc/bus/usb).
Uh, really? That makes the whole idea of hot-plug void. It hasn't happened for me, as far as I remember? > The libusbscanner hotplug script does not take this into account > so it may happen sometimes that the script tries to update permission > for a file that doesn't exist yet. > As far as I know, this race will be looked at in the next kernel > series, So the fix will be there in 2 or three years? Strange. > but for now you can use a dirty hack like a 'sleep 1' at the top of > the hotplug script. Should we use that? Or is there a less ugly way e.g. by checking if the device file is already there? Bye, Henning
