usbutils essential?

What exactly is the relationship of usbutils to the current
hotplug release? Is it really essential for hotplugging to work? I ask because I have a linuxppc machine running Linux 2.4.4pre1 which won't load the usb print module upon sensing my Epson 740i (attached via usb) unless I have usbutils installed? I ask because redhat's version of hotplug doesn't seem to work at all in this regard. However they also don't have usbutils as part of rawhide either. Thanks in advance for any clarifications.
Jack

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The usbutils patch (to get the "usbmodules" command) should make a difference in some cases ... it's used to synthesize boot-time ("cold-plugging" :) events when needed, and to make sure that USB devices with multiple interfaces get them all configured. If the 740i looks like other Epson printers I've seen, it's not the latter case.

So no, it's not intended to be essential, except for those two cases, on current kernels.

I suspect the problem is actually something else; if RedHat is incorporating only some of the hotplug scripts, it's very possible they didn't get something important. I'll follow up on the other thread ... :)

- Dave

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From: "Jack Howarth" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: usbutils essential?

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