Re: USB Hotplug??

2003-10-10 Thread beolach
Hey, Hal Now that you've mastered USB Hotpluging, are you ready to start hotswapping your CPU? Just saw this on Slashdot /. Links inside <>

Re: USB Hotplug??

2003-10-06 Thread Hal MacArgle
On 10-05, pa3gcu wrote: > > Apparently there's more to it than that as I see a man and directory > > dedicated to "hotplug." > > It is rather complicated in its workings, however it does seem scary to say > the lease. > > I have plugged my camera in and out many times, it is none the worse for i

Re: USB Hotplug??

2003-10-06 Thread Hal MacArgle
Greetings and thank you.. I crossed my fingers and tried it.. Awesome to this old fella.. Wrote to module on one machine then hot plugged it on another and read it.. Back to the original machine and it was still there in all its glory.. I even tried it without proper umount and it was still OK.. I

Re: USB Hotplug??

2003-10-05 Thread pa3gcu
On Sunday 05 October 2003 16:50, Hal MacArgle wrote: > Greetings: I thought that "hotplug" merely meant a device could be > plugged in/out without shutting off the power to the computer.. Thats correct, thats what its for, just imagen having to turn off the power simply to connect a small camera

Re: USB Hotplug??

2003-10-05 Thread Amichai Rotman
On Sunday 05 October 2003 16:50, Hal MacArgle wrote: > Seeing the hotplug directory and files I thought I might find an > answer to my basic query: Can the device actually be plugged in and > unplugged with the power on?? I read somewhere that firewire is > hotpluggable but "don't do it," in many c

USB Hotplug??

2003-10-05 Thread Hal MacArgle
Greetings: I thought that "hotplug" merely meant a device could be plugged in/out without shutting off the power to the computer.. Apparently there's more to it than that as I see a man and directory dedicated to "hotplug." I'm a bit lost at this point especially since I've plugged in a flash driv