William Hubbs posted on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:29:31 -0500 as excerpted: >> And make sure that >> /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug points to udev. > > If you are using udev, /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug should be empty; do not > point this to udev.
Yes. I've not changed that setting from whatever the default is, and I guess udev moved its hook out from there quite some time ago so it's pointing at nothing, but having that actually point to something is known in kernel circles to lead to a lot of unnecessary grief. They're seriously thinking about (and may be planning on) removing that option from the kernel entirely, to keep people configuring their first kernels from getting themselves in trouble, but of course that's now part of the kernel/userspace interface, so it isn't allowed to just disappear like kernel/kernel interfaces can. At minimum they'd likely have to have it on the deprecation and removal schedule for awhile. (I've not checked to see if it's there already.) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
