no /dev/ums0 when module loaded
M. Warner Losh
imp at bsdimp.com
Sun Jan 16 22:38:19 PST 2005
In message: <200501161134.25828.doconnor at gsoft.com.au>
"Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor at gsoft.com.au> writes:
: > Is this a bug or a feature ? I've been told that whenever an USB device
: > is not grabbed by any driver on attach, it uses ugen(4) and it won't be
: > possible to ``move'' it from ugen(4) to ums(4) later.
:
: This is a problem with the USB stack - devices are not reprobed when a new
: module is loaded.
:
: I preload all the USB modules I plan to use (a bit annoying I admit). I
: believe there is ongoing work in this area though.
There is indeed ongoing work in this area. Unless you need ugen,
don't load it is the best answer for now. I have some work that I'm
migrating to the tree, but this will take a while to get into the
tree...
Warner
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