> > What if I move my printer from one hub to another one while the machine
> > is asleep? If I re-order devices, but don't plug any new ones in or
> > out, should that cause device nodes to switch? I don't have any USB
> > devices that share device nodes so I can't test this now.
>
> It could cause that to happen, yes.
Then you must close all open files or you have a security risk.
Suspension in practice no longer works.
> > Network devices are a bit more complex because they need to keep
> > connections across suspend and resume.
>
> This can be handled by /sbin/hotplug by binding a network device number
> to a specific mac address.
That is not enough.
Indeed it presupposes that a device has a MAC address which is not always
the case.
You need to restore IP, MAC and multicast settings. For ethernet, other
devices like WLAN probably need more.
Regards
Oliver
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