Re: hotplug_path no longer exported

From: Colin Leroy
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 03:21:23 EST


On 17 Nov 2004 at 14h11, Greg KH wrote:

Hi,

> > Dunno. This driver has a reputation of being the worse wlan driver for
> > prism2 chipsets out there, but it's the only one supporting USB devices.
>
> Hm, I've heard that rumor before too. If only someone would get me such
> a usb device, maybe that problem could be fixed :)

What's your address ? :)

> Anyway, the proper fix is to use kobject_hotplug(). They will have to
> change their code. Just one of the many joys of trying to keep a driver
> outside of the main kernel tree...

I also just noticed they do their hotplug stuff in p80211.c, which knows
nothing of USB. What a hack :-/

--
Colin
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