Hotplug Updates

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chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>March 11, 2005 [jim]: Added /var/log/hotplug for capturing
+of hotplug events. Added /lib/firmware for firmware loading with hotplug</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>March 13, 2005 [jim]: Updated iproute2 db patch to iproute2-2.6.11-050310. Removed
 unneeded find_update patch also for iproute2-2.6.11-050310</para></listitem>
 

chapter06/hotplug.xml

@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ using the script included with LFS-Bootscripts:</para>
 that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para>
 
 <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>
 
 
@@ -61,7 +73,7 @@ that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para>
 <seglistitem><seg>hotplug</seg>
 <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>
 
 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
@@ -151,6 +163,16 @@ call for each USB device, based on its vendor, id and other attributes.
 </listitem>
 </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>
 <listitem>
@@ -162,6 +184,18 @@ that are interested in receiving hotplug events. E.g.,
 </para>
 </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>
 </sect1>