On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 07:31:39PM +1100, John Sheahan wrote:
> > 
> > > And finally, the USB serial device limit is 256 
> > > which I could theoretically attain with at least 3 
> > > independent USB controllers?
> 
> from where I sit - issues with identifying the individual ports look
> to be a bigger problem than the number of ports.
> 
> (and bandwidth as these things are unlikely to want to run 
> at fast even in a usb2/0 system)
> 
> are there any solutions to identifying ports - short of ensuring all 
> devices have unique serial numbers?

For usb-serial devices, look at /proc/tty/driver/usbserial
It lists all of the plugged in devices, with their USB "path".  For 2.5,
look at sysfs.

thanks,

greg k-h


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