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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kmod.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index 2a78a9606..5f9c3b7df 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -218,3 +218,26 @@ int request_module(const char * module_name) } return 0; } + + +#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG +/* + hotplug path is set via /proc/sys + invoked by hotplug-aware bus drivers, + with exec_usermodehelper and some thread-spawner + + argv [0] = hotplug_path; + argv [1] = "usb", "scsi", "pci", "network", etc; + ... plus optional type-specific parameters + argv [n] = 0; + + envp [*] = HOME, PATH; optional type-specific parameters + + a hotplug bus should invoke this for device add/remove + events. the command is expected to load drivers when + necessary, and may perform additional system setup. +*/ +char hotplug_path[256] = "/sbin/hotplug"; + +#endif + |