RE: hotplug (was devfs)

Ed Vance (EdV@macrolink.com)
Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:59:07 -0800


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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