PSARC 2008/498 datalink sysevents

2008-08-05 Thread Kais Belgaied
Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Thanks for the clarification. ditto. Kais > > (I wasn't aware that RCM was being used this way. I recall that once > upon a time there was a separate "sysevent" architecture where > insertion events were handled without RCM interposing. The point, at > the time,

PSARC 2008/498 datalink sysevents

2008-08-05 Thread Garrett D'Amore
Thanks for the clarification. (I wasn't aware that RCM was being used this way. I recall that once upon a time there was a separate "sysevent" architecture where insertion events were handled without RCM interposing. The point, at the time, of having a separate RCM from sysevent was that RCM

PSARC 2008/498 datalink sysevents

2008-08-05 Thread Cathy Zhou
RCM is also used to restore all the configuration when the device is plugged back in and that is when this sysevent will be used. - Cathy > RCM is "normally" (historically, anyway) used for device *removal*, > rather than addition. > > What do you intend the RCM module to do with this event? >

PSARC 2008/498 datalink sysevents

2008-08-05 Thread Garrett D'Amore
RCM is "normally" (historically, anyway) used for device *removal*, rather than addition. What do you intend the RCM module to do with this event? -- Garrett Cathy Zhou wrote: > This event will be consumed by a syseventd module which in turn will > generate a RCM event which will then be c

PSARC 2008/498 datalink sysevents

2008-08-05 Thread Cathy Zhou
This event will be consumed by a syseventd module which in turn will generate a RCM event which will then be consumed by the RCM modules. But the usage of the EC_DATALINK class would not be limited to this. - Cathy > completeness question: who's the intended consumer for this event? > >Kai

PSARC 2008/498 datalink sysevents

2008-08-05 Thread Kais Belgaied
completeness question: who's the intended consumer for this event? Kais Sebastien Roy wrote: > I'm submitting this case for Cathy Zhou. It is being filed as closed > approved automatic. > > ???Datalink sysevents > -- > > release binding: patch > > Summary > --- > > Th

PSARC 2008/498 datalink sysevents

2008-08-04 Thread Sebastien Roy
I'm submitting this case for Cathy Zhou. It is being filed as closed approved automatic. ???Datalink sysevents -- release binding: patch Summary --- This case proposes to introduce a new EC_DATALINK sysevent class to report data-link related sysevents. For now, onl