On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:10:24AM +0530, Onkar wrote: > # cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:14.1/uevent > > cat: /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.1/uevent: Permission denied You are using an older kernel, newer ones you can read from this file: $ cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/uevent MAJOR=189 MINOR=0 DEVTYPE=usb_device DRIVER=usb DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/001/001 PRODUCT=0/0/206 TYPE=9/0/1 BUSNUM=001 DEVNUM=001 > what is uevent ? It is what udev and other hotplug programs use to cause the kernel to emit the uevent for the device after it has been plugged in. This is so "coldplugging" can be done easily. If you write the name of the uevent you wish to have the object emit (like "add") it will happen. Hope this helps, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
