Problem with 16-in-1 card reader

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <20060312052628.GN75666 at afflictions.org>
            Damian Gerow <dgerow at afflictions.org> writes:
: Thus spake Alex Dupre (ale at FreeBSD.org) [11/03/06 22:18]:
: : > This problem has been discussed many times on the lists. In order to
: : > update devfs you can use:
: : > 
: : > cat /dev/null > /dev/daX
: : > 
: : > I seem to remember another method using dd.
: : > 
: : > I hope this helps.
: : 
: : The 'cat' way works, thanks. Perhaps we should add this info somewhere
: : in a man page.
: 
: Really?  Isn't there a nicer way to do this?  i.e. Doesn't the card reader
: (or other USB-connected devices) notify that a disk/card/whatever has been
: removed or inserted?

There's no notification.

Warner