mdev usbdisk hot plugging issue

[Sameer Naik]

I forgot to mention that the usb-storage module is compiled as s
tatic into the kernel. If i compile usb-storage as a dynamic module
and load it at boot, then hot plugging works for usb disk.

However, i have a similar _hotplug script to create symbolic links to
event* devices in /dev/input/ .This does not work is the system is
booted with the input device connected, whether or not evdev is compiled
as a static or dynamically loadable module

Regards
~Sameer

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Sameer Naik
<sameer.subscriptions at damagehead.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using busybox 1.11.2 with linux-2.6.23 on the davinci platform.
> I have setup mdev to _hotplug usb disks.
> if i connect a usb disk to the system after it has been booted, mdev
> correctly picks up on the device and mounts it through my _hotplug script.
> However, if i connect the usb disk before booting the system, then
> mdev does not
> call the _hotplug script. The device node exists in the /dev/ tree,
> but it appears mdev
> does not detect the usb disk and call the _hotplug script.
>
> Here is my init script for mdev (snippet)
>
> --- SNIPPET START ---
> mount -t tmpfs mdev /dev
> mkdir /dev/pts
> mount /dev/pts
> mount /sys
> mount /proc
> echo "/sbin/mdev" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
> mdev -s
> --- END OD SNIPPET ---
>
> I was expecting that when `mdev -s` was called, the hot plugging of the
> usb disk would occur. But right now this does not seem to be the case (for me).
>
> Please advice.
>
> Regards
> ~Sameer
>