Re: Question about usb-serial port registration

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 01:30:45PM -0700, John wrote:
> > Those aren't serial numbers in the USB sense.
> 
> > Consider any FT 232R device, which is assigned
> > one from the factory
> 
> I see. So, aparently, Till wanted to query
> for the manufacturer's assigned serial number
> and somehow remember which ttyUSBx port
> we assigned to it and assign the same number
> next time.
> This will be a significant change.

Yes, which is why udev was created so you can do this from userspace,
which is where such decisions should be made :)

So no, it's not going to be done in the kernel, sorry.

thanks,

greg k-h

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