Inotify won’t trigger on file-changes in /sys – what ways are there to subscribe to changes in there?
Inotify won’t trigger on file-changes in /sys – what ways are there to subscribe
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Inotify won’t trigger on file-changes in /sys – what ways are there to subscribe to changes in there?
Use udev and udev rules to get a notification to changes (hardware hotplug, drivers load, firmware load etc.) that are reflected in /sys.
See http://hackaday.com/2009/09/18/how-to-write-udev-rules/ for details