hotplug doesn't work on kernels >= 2.6.7

[Bill Nottingham]

Angelo (ang3l0 at katamail.com) said: 
> I've noticed that with kernels (smp and non) >= 2.6.7 hotplugging 
> (linux-hotplug.sf.net) doesn't work at all on my desktop, on the laptop 
> works fine.
> 
> I mean that if i plug-in a usb device with the successfully booted 
> machine it simply doesn't recognize at all that i've plugged in the device:
> - NO /var/log/messages after i plug-in
> - NO /sbin/hotplug call
> - NO debug messages on a full kernel log
> - NO strange messages in the dmesg (when booting)
> - NO new device using /sbin/lsusb
> 
> Simply nothing strange.

Do you get errors from the USB controller initialization?

Bill