SPELL=hotplug VERSION=2004\_09\_23 SOURCE=$SPELL-$VERSION.tar.gz SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION SOURCE_URL[0]=$KERNEL_URL/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/$SOURCE SOURCE_HASH=sha512:07e11bf1aeb4bedd0a5e7dbd17ceb43dc4dfa940fbb0bd230938ae4a71339061e2b2d81670a9d5fcd601c8ee68c69a01fc610c85eeee0cb931d67a2172f59c2c WEB_SITE=http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/ ENTERED=20020801 LICENSE[0]=GPL PATCHLEVEL=2 KEYWORDS="kernels" SHORT="Linux hotplug support tools" cat << EOF Starting with kernel 2.4, hotplugging is a standard feature of GNU/Linux. Its goal is letting you plug in new devices and use them immediately. That means that users won't need to learn so much system administration; systems will at least partially autoconfigure themselves. Initially, hotplug included support for USB and PCI (Cardbus) devices, and could automatically configure some common network interfaces. Updated versions include IEEE 1394 (Firewire/i.Link) support and can download firmware to USB devices that need it. On mainframes, S/390 channel devices uses hotplugging to report device attach and other state change events. For laptops, newer kernels also include support for reporting docking station activity. With this script, there is no need to mention any usb devices in /etc/modules EOF