Re: USB device just moves

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:01:02 GMT Tim Roberts <timr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx wrote:
|>
|>On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:22:55 GMT Tim Roberts <timr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|>|
|>| There's nothing wrong with the design of USB. As long as the device has a
|>| serial number, the combination of VID, PID, and serial number is unique,
|>| and Windows (at least) will recognize it as the same device no matter what
|>| port of which hub it is plugged into.
|>
|>So are you saying the Linux USB driver design is all wrong?
|
| From your description, it sounds to me like it's the major/minor number
| scheme that is the root of your trouble.

It's a factor. Looking at the design, it appears that major/minor changes
when the hardware appears to be a new device. The USB design allows that
to take place. Both need to be fixed. Problems will persist if not.

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