Re: hotplug doesn't work on kernels >= 2.6.7

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 03:12:56PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > I mean that if i plug-in a usb device with the successfully booted 
> > machine it simply doesn't recognize at all that i've plugged in the device:
> > - NO /var/log/messages after i plug-in
> > - NO /sbin/hotplug call
> > - NO debug messages on a full kernel log
> > - NO strange messages in the dmesg (when booting)
> > - NO new device using /sbin/lsusb
> > 
> > Simply nothing strange.
> 
> Do you get errors from the USB controller initialization?

I've seen precisely this problem with the CPIA camera, it gets tied in
knots with both FC2 and FC3test deadlocking in a mix of hotplug and module
loading it appears.

What is your hardware ?