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From: Ed Vance <EdV@macrolink.com>
To: "'Greg KH'" <greg@kroah.com>
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Subject: RE: hotplug (was devfs)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:59:07 -0800
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On Wed, November 13, 2002 at 10:45 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:45:43AM -0800, Ed Vance wrote:
> > On Wed, November 13, 2002 at 10:05 AM, Greg KH wrote: 
> > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:06:06PM +0000, Nick Craig-Wood wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > So I'll be able to say usb bus1/1/4/1 port 3 should be 
> /dev/ttyUSB15
> > > > and it will always be that port?  That would be perfect.
> > > 
> > > Yes, that is the goal.
> > > 
> > 
> > Do you expect that goal to eventually be applied to 
> CompactPCI Hot-Swap
> > bus/slot port 3?
> 
> Yes, in a round-about way.  If the device that is in that 
> specific slot
> with that specific port, registers with, for example, the network
> subsystem, and we have decided that anything in that slot should be
> called "eth42", then we can do that based on the topology of 
> the device.
> 
> It really depends on the device that is existing in a 
> specific location
> (network, scsi, etc.) and not so much as the specific location will
> always be a network card called "ethX", as you have to look 
> at the type
> of device too.
> 
> Does that make sense?

Yes.
> 
> I can tell it's getting to be the time to start writing all 
> of this down
> for people to hash out... :)
> 

Very cool. 

Thanks,
Ed

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