>
> Why can't uhci-control just write a /var/run/uhci-control.pid like
> most other daemons. Then you can simply kill `cat /var/run/uhci-control.pid`.
> Or even better, start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --pidfile \
> /var/run/uhci-control.pid uhci-control
>
Because it's a kernel thread. This is so that USB device
detection/enumeration can be done asynchronously (some operations result
in long delays, so it can't be done inside the interrupt handler, nor
should it be).
Speaking of threads, I think this one is getting just a tiny bit off-topic
:)
Brad
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