Messages in this thread | | | From | Ed Vance <> | Subject | RE: hotplug (was devfs) | Date | Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:59:07 -0800 |
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On Wed, November 13, 2002 at 10:45 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:45:43AM -0800, Ed Vance wrote: > > On Wed, November 13, 2002 at 10:05 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:06:06PM +0000, Nick Craig-Wood wrote: > > > > > > > > So I'll be able to say usb bus1/1/4/1 port 3 should be > /dev/ttyUSB15 > > > > and it will always be that port? That would be perfect. > > > > > > Yes, that is the goal. > > > > > > > Do you expect that goal to eventually be applied to > CompactPCI Hot-Swap > > bus/slot port 3? > > Yes, in a round-about way. If the device that is in that > specific slot > with that specific port, registers with, for example, the network > subsystem, and we have decided that anything in that slot should be > called "eth42", then we can do that based on the topology of > the device. > > It really depends on the device that is existing in a > specific location > (network, scsi, etc.) and not so much as the specific location will > always be a network card called "ethX", as you have to look > at the type > of device too. > > Does that make sense?
Yes. > > I can tell it's getting to be the time to start writing all > of this down > for people to hash out... :) >
Very cool.
Thanks, Ed
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