On 06/07/2013 06:16 PM, poma wrote:
>>> Maybe in the very distant future, MM would not probe the serial
>>> >> device at all - instead I imagine a "serial detector" software
>>> >> component, that does all kind of probing and only sends signals on
>>> >> the DBus about the result ("modem found at /dev/ttyUSB0", "GPS
>>> >> found at /dev/ttyUSB1", "voltmeter found...").
>> >
>> > In MM git master, USB<->RS232 adaptors are never probed by default when
>> > detected, so there shouldn't be any direct conflict. Instead, they will
>> > only be probed to look for modems if Scan() is called explicitly.
> Are you saying that there is no more need for acrobatics[1] regarding
> analog modems and UPSes connected to the serial ports or via adapters.
>
>
That should be the case, yes.
Platform RS232 ports need to be explicitly tagged with
ID_MM_PLATFORM_DRIVER_PROBE to get automatically probed; and USB devices
listed in the greylist of USB<->Serial devices won't get automatically
probed by MM, only when Scan() is called.
--
Aleksander
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