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SubjectRe: [linux-usb] Re: USB device allocation
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> As it stands right now, there is no solution for naming of Plug and Play
> devices. I'm specifically interested in USB since that's what I work on,
> but this applies to everything plug and play (even PCMCIA)
> The problem is if you have 2 mice, how do you name? What if they are
> plugged in a different order, now 1 becomes 2 and 2 becomes 1.

How do other OS deal with this issue? Eg BeOS Solaris M$doze etc?

-Dan


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