Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 16 May 2001 16:53:55 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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On Wed, 16 May 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > Are FireWire (and USB) disks always detected in the same order? Or does it > > > behave like ADB, where you never know which mouse/keyboard is which > > > mouse/keyboard? > > > > USB disks are required (haha etc) to have serial numbers. Firewire similarly > > has unique disk identifiers. > > How about for other device classes?
Note that this whole decision hinges on a fact that simply isn't _true_.
You simply _cannot_ get the physical location of many devices. Sometimes the topology of the bus is basically anonymous - there _is_ no location.
People had better just accept this. Don't get hung up about where something is.
Linus
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