Re: Security downgrade? CONFIG_HOTPLUG required in 2.6.16?

[Jim Crilly]

On 03/26/06 01:42:36AM -0800, Linda Walsh wrote:
> 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).
> >  
> ---
>    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

But what about USB keyboards and mice? IIRC at least some of the newer
servers where I work don't come with PS/2 ports anymore.

Jim.
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