patch-2.2.18 linux/kernel/kmod.c

• Lines: 27
• Date: Sat Oct 14 00:51:40 2000
• Orig file: v2.2.17/kernel/kmod.c
• Orig date: Sun Jun 11 21:44:23 2000

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude v2.2.17/kernel/kmod.c linux/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -185,3 +185,26 @@
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
+/*
+	hotplug path is set via /proc/sys
+	invoked by hotplug-aware bus drivers,
+	with exec_usermodehelper and some thread-spawner
+
+	argv [0] = hotplug_path;
+	argv [1] = "usb", "scsi", "pci", "network", etc;
+	... plus optional type-specific parameters
+	argv [n] = 0;
+
+	envp [*] = HOME, PATH; optional type-specific parameters
+
+	a hotplug bus should invoke this for device add/remove
+	events.  the command is expected to load drivers when
+	necessary, and may perform additional system setup.
+*/
+char hotplug_path[256] = "/sbin/hotplug";
+
+#endif
+