[Ilugc] Ubuntu hotplug

  • From: vijaykumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Vijay Kumar)
  • Date: Wed Jan 2 16:19:05 2008

Dinesh Uthayakumar wrote:

i use ubuntu dapper.

say i want to know how the hotplug works.

In Linux, the hotplug is handled by a bunch of programs.

          netlink                         dbus
kernel -----------> udev --------> hal --------> Apps

This article should get you started:
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/003jan05/features/hal/

Regards,
Vijay



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