usb serial port device naming

[Christopher Hilton]

On May 17, 2011, at 5:18 AM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> If you run 8-stable, there is some information you can lookup via sysctls of 
> the USB devices, which tells you which port belongs to which device.
> 
> Use the serial number to identify your device, if your device has such a 
> value.
> 
> usbconfig -d X.Y dump_device_desc
> 

Are you suggesting that one could use this information to config devd and perhaps automatically create a link to the correct port at USB attach time? I ask because I anticipate having to deal with this situation in the future.

-- Chris

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