[PATCH 0/2] USB: storage: add usbdisk alias for USB storage devices

Sascha Hauer <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:39:54 +0200
Newsgroups org.infradead.lists.barebox
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This is an alternative approach for:

https://lore.kernel.org/p/[email protected]

Instead of adding a new Kconfig variable we add a /dev/usbdiskx alias
for each USB storage device. This allows us to easily use the first USB
storage device instead of stumbling upon other devices which are also
registered as /dev/diskx.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <[email protected]>
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Sascha Hauer (2):
      fs: devfs: make cdev_find_free_index() return 0 instead of an error
      usb: storage: add usbdisk alias for USB storage devices

 drivers/ata/disk_ata_drive.c |  2 --
 drivers/hw_random/core.c     | 13 +++----------
 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c    | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 fs/devfs-core.c              | 10 +++++++++-
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 18599acfcbf38e95edc605f89e257e32f67d0ac4
change-id: 20260630-usb-disk-alias-85022129192f

Best regards,
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Sascha Hauer <[email protected]>