Changeset 7aa9d59 for chapter06/hotplug.xml

Timestamp:

03/13/2005 05:15:51 AM (19 years ago)

Author:

Jim Gifford <jim@…>

Children:

74314cc

Parents:

9a39648

Message:

Multiple updates: udev 054, findutils 4.2.19, psmisc 21.6 and hotplug. Passwd file correction

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/multi-arch/BOOK@4739 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter06/hotplug.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter06/hotplug.xml

@@ -47 +47 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>rm -f /etc/hotplug/net.agent</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>For logging of hotplug events we will create a directory and a
+blank file. This file will show all the information passed to hotplug:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>mkdir /var/log/hotplug
+touch /var/log/hotplug/events</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>For firmware to be loaded by hotplug we will create the necessary
+directory:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>mkdir /lib/firmware</userinput></screen>
+
 </sect2>
 
@@ -59 +71 @@
 <seg>/etc/hotplug/*.rc, /etc/hotplug/*.agent</seg>
 <seg>/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions, /etc/hotplug/blacklist, /etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}, 
-/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap, /etc/hotplug.d</seg></seglistitem>
+/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap, /etc/hotplug.d, /var/log/hotplug/events</seg></seglistitem>
 </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -149 +161 @@
 </varlistentry>
 
+<varlistentry id="hotplug-events">
+<term><filename>/var/log/hotplug/events</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-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>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
 <varlistentry id="hotplug-hotplug.d">
 <term><filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug.d</filename></term>
@@ -160 +182 @@
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="hotplug-firmware">
+<term><filename class="directory">/lib/firmware</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<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>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
 </variablelist>
 </sect2>