Changeset 6c38cd8

Timestamp:

03/14/2005 08:35:30 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Jim Gifford <jim@…>

Children:

a97b50f

Parents:

ff9c064

Message:

Updated: hotplug explanations

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/multi-arch/BOOK@4759 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter01/changelog.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• chapter06/hotplug.xml (modified) (10 diffs)

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -86 +86 @@
 <listitem><para>March 14, 2005 [jim]</para>
 <itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - Gettext to 0.14.3</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - Updated hotplug explanations from r4758. Thanx Matt</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - Gettext to 0.14.3.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
@@ -94 +95 @@
 <listitem><para>March 13, 2005 [jim]</para>
 <itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - IPRoute2 to 2.6.11-050310</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux to 2.6.11.3</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - IPRoute2 to 2.6.11-050310.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux to 2.6.11.3.</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux-libc-headers to 2.6.11.0.</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - Dynamically link the pass1 toolchain to

chapter06/hotplug.xml

@@ -83 +83 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug"><primary
 sortas="b-hotplug">hotplug</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This script is called by default by Linux kernel when something
+<para>This script is called by default by the Linux kernel when something
 changes in its internal state (e.g., a new device is added or removed).</para>
 </listitem>
@@ -93 +93 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-rc"><primary
 sortas="d-/etc/hotplug/*.rc">/etc/hotplug/*.rc</primary></indexterm>
-<para>These scripts are used for cold plugging, i.e., detection and other
-specific actions upon hardware already present during system startup. 
-They are called by the <filename>hotplug</filename> initscript that comes
-from the LFS-Bootscripts package.
-The <command>*.rc</command>
-scripts try to recover hotplug events that were lost during system boot
-because, e.g., the root filesystem was not mounted by the kernel.
-</para>
+<para>These scripts are used for cold plugging, i.e., detecting and acting upon
+hardware already present during system startup.  They are called by the
+<filename>hotplug</filename> initscript that comes from the LFS-Bootscripts
+package.  The <command>*.rc</command> scripts try to recover hotplug events that
+were lost during system boot because, for example, the root filesystem was not
+mounted by the kernel.</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -111 +109 @@
 <para>These scripts are called by <command>hotplug</command>
 in response to different types of hotplug events generated by the kernel.
-Their action is to insert corresponding kernel modules and call user-provided
-scripts, if any.
+Their action is to insert corresponding kernel modules and call any
+user-provided scripts.
 </para>
 </listitem>
@@ -122 +120 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-functions"><primary
 sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions">/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This file contains common functions used by other scripts in Hotplug
+<para>This file contains common functions used by other scripts in the Hotplug
 package.
 </para>
@@ -133 +131 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-blacklist"><primary
 sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/blacklist">/etc/hotplug/blacklist</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This file contains the list of modules that should never be
-inserted into the kernel by hotplug scripts.
+<para>This file contains the list of modules that should never be inserted into
+the kernel by the hotplug scripts.
 </para>
 </listitem>
@@ -144 +142 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-subdirs"><primary
 sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}">/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}</primary></indexterm>
-<para>These directories are supposed to contain user-written handlers for
-hotplug events.
+<para>These directories contain user-written handlers for hotplug events.
 </para>
 </listitem>
@@ -156 +153 @@
 sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap">/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap</primary></indexterm>
 <para>This file contains rules that determine which user-defined handlers to
-call for each USB device, based on its vendor, id and other attributes.
+call for each USB device, based on its vendor ID and other attributes.
 </para>
 </listitem>
@@ -166 +163 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-events"><primary
 sortas="e-/var/log/hotplug/events">/var/log/hotplug/events</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This file contains all the events since bootup that hotplug has called.
+<para>This file contains all the events that hotplug has called since bootup.
 </para>
 </listitem>
@@ -176 +173 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-hotplug.d"><primary
 sortas="e-/etc/hotplug.d">/etc/hotplug.d</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This directory contains programs (or symlinks to them)
-that are interested in receiving hotplug events. E.g.,
-<application>Udev</application> puts its symlink here during installation.
-</para>
+<para>This directory contains programs (or symlinks to them) that are interested
+in receiving hotplug events. For example, <application>Udev</application> puts
+its symlink here during installation.</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -188 +184 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-firmware"><primary
 sortas="e-/lib/firmware">/lib/firmware</primary></indexterm>
-<para>This directory contains the firmware for devices that
-need to have there firmware loaded before use.
-</para>
+<para>This directory contains the firmware for devices that need to have their
+firmware loaded before use.</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>