* Joe Pfeiffer schrieb: > I've been able to successfully set up udev rules to symbolically link > the special files created for usb devices to meaningful names, and > then refer to those meaningful names elsewhere. That's probably the > best approach. okay, it may be a approach. How did you realise it? >
> USB is trying to solve a very hard problem (letting people plug random > devices in to random places at random times), and it's hard to see how > they could have done much better with it. you're right. That's exactly what consumers want. But commercials/ business not! Business needs stability, USB devices like printers are plugged ALL the time. May be that cameras are plugged out, but business don't need to plug in at a random place. It would be enough to plug it in at the same place. How did you realise "udev rules"? thx Ekkard ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
