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> 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.
Yes and is is a real pain if your SCSI CDROM or SCSI scanner is not
switched on at boot time. Give me hardware based addressing any day.
> Hamish VK3SB
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Richard
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