On 07/09/2013 02:36 PM, R. Diez wrote:
> I believe that the UDEV rule file syntax allows you to specify the device's 
> serial number too, so that may be enough to tell the devices apart.
> 
udev is OS-specific. You make a mistake by assuming reliance on udev.
You make another mistake by relying on the presence of a serial number
in the descriptor, and yet another mistake by relying on that serial
number being unique.

> A virtual serial port can also be easier to manage.
I respectfully disagree, and so does the user.

> but the standard USB virtual serial port paradigm is well known, well tested 
> and has the advantages listed above too.
> 
We can turn that argument around. USB has been around for longer than
the USB virtual serial port. The standard USB paradigm, is well known,
well tested, and has the advantages I listed before.

Alex

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