On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 05:09:46PM +0100, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> Another potential problem is that Linus seems hellbent on adopting a dynamic
> naming standard that changes devices as you add and take away devices on the
> USB port. Now whilst I can see a sort of purist programmer's argument for
> this, I prefer to live in the real world and not have to remember to
> reconfigure everything else when I change one thing.

This is no different to the situation with ethernet cards or printer ports
or SCSI disk drives. Device IDs are assigned on a first-found, first-named
basis.


Hamish VK3SB
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