> > Well for starters, the notion that those two characteristics are enough > > to address the problem. Consider that I might have two USB disk drives > > (or cameras) of the same make/model, and they might get connected in any > > order. > > If the two devices have same VendorId:ProductID it should not matter. > They will get their sequence numbers in the order they were plugged-in.
But as I said, that's not enough. It makes a huge difference which device is which. > My opinion is that it would be very usefull to have some kind > of file in which sysadmin can: > > 1. set general access rights to devices > 2. set them per user and per VendorID:ProductId - so when > device is plugged in - it gets the right rights in /proc/bus/usb/ So go write such a script. Seems to me the infrastructure exists today, you can make it and see how well it works. > I like things simple. "As simple as possible, but no simpler" ... as the saying goes. People have talked about such config files before. I think that the "tar up /devfs and restore it" solution fails for hotplugging (and usbdevfs), since it depends on identifier stability that does not exist. - Dave _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
