[openbeos] Re: Drivers and you
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:27:50 +0200 (MEST)
Btw IDE hotplug _is_ dangerous :))
I tried once... not sure I'll again.
was only a 80 MB hdd, and it still works, but I won't try even with my 6GB :))
what kind of rack did you use ?
one that cuts power with the key ?
special rack ? special IDE controller ?
En réponse à Manuel Jesus Petit de Gabriel <freston@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:26 PM
> Subject: [openbeos] Drivers and you
>
>
> > Has anyone out there had strange troubles with drivers not mounting?
> > I had to reboot to see my USB driver show up, but Be's digit driver
> showed
> up right away.
> > Then, though, I rebuilt it, renamed it and copied it into the same
> directory (~/config/add-ons/kernel/bin)
> > and the appropriate linking to ../dev/misc, and it didn't show up
> until
> after a reboot.
> >
> > I would have assumed that the kernel uses node monitoring for this,
> but it
> seems to work
> > sporadically, if at all. ;-/ Rebooting always seems to work, though.
>
> Nope, the kernel does not do node monitoring in the add-ons
> directories.
> However, if you do
> an 'ls' under /dev/... the kernel will peek at the add-ins directories
> and
> load whatever is required.
>
> Alternatively, there is a little know utility called 'rescan'. For
> instance
> when i hot-plug one of my
> harddisk i do a: "rescan ide"... and voila there it is :)
>
> manuel,
>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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