Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jul 2003 13:07:14 -0400 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Does sysfs really provides persistent hardware path to devices? |
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On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 12:59:03PM -0400, J.C. Wren wrote: > Specifically using your example of USB memories, I have seen devices move > around just because of rebooting. I have a Sandisk SDDR-31 (MMC) and a > SDDR-33 (CF) that remain plugged into the same USB ports all the time. > Occasionally, they come up swapped (normally the MMC reader is /dev/sda), > which is really infuriating, since my scripts for building MMC and CF cards > then exhibit much breakage.
Test out udev's ability to name devices based on bus topology (the USB bus topology doesn't change for you.) It should solve your problem.
thanks,
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