That is right, I thought he was after that, not card insertion... sorry for the noise then.
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > > > Try reading the hotplug docs (http://linux-hotplug.sf.net ). > > > > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Quynh Nguyen Anh wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am writing a program, and I want it to know immediately when user > > > insert a UsbKey memory (or a Compact Flash Card to a USB Card Reader > > > attached to USB port of the machine). > > > > > > But I dont know how to capture that "insertion event". It is best to do > > > everything in user space (it is inconvenient for user to change/load > > > kernel module). May anybody please tell show me the solution? > > > > > > Thank you very much for your kind helps, > > > Nguyen > > Are you sure that's the right approach? As I understand it, a hotplug > event occurs when the card reader is attached to the computer, _not_ when > a card is inserted into the reader. > > In fact, I don't think the card reader informs the computer at all when a > card is inserted. The only way to find out when that happens may be to > poll for it continually. > > Alan Stern > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
