Re: usb driver installation: is reboot required?

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Shouyldn't be necessary...you should just be able to modprobe or insmod 
the new driver modules once they're in place.

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, shane c branch wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if the installation of a usb driver on RH9 requires 
> that the machine be rebooted to load the driver?
> 
> For example, if one wanted to use a USB keyboard which has 'hotkeys' 
> that allow one touch access to programs (open office, internet browswer, 
> etc) would it not be possible to code the driver as a daemon that can be 
> stopped and started at the console, and set to run at boot time with 
> chkconfig, all while *not* requiring a reboot after installation?
> 
> 

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