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[HotPlug]ging refers to insertion and removal of hardware and peripherals while a computer is running ("hot").

BigIron machines which typically __must__ be running 24 hours a day for mission critical applications allow insertion and removal of almost all the internal hardware, including [RAM] and [CPU]s, although obviously they must first be disabled by the software.

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!!! Hotplug Package
"hotplug" is also the name of a linux package for managing the drivers/software side of things when hardware changes take place. For example, when [USB] devices are added or removed. There are other types of devices supported (such as CardBus/[PCMCIA] cards), but USB is the predominantly used type.

The way it works is that based on a device's identifying features, you can load different modules and run different scripts.

See HotPlugNotes for more information and example usage.

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Last edited on Monday, July 12, 2004 1:30:04 pm by JohnMcPherson

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