Re: [linux-usb] Re: USB device allocation

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 05 Oct 1999 17:31:22 -0700


Matthew Dharm wrote:
>
> If we do take any type of daemon-oriented approach, then the daemon may,
> in fact, want to know layout. Certainly when we present this information
> to the user, layout might be relevant (i.e. "USB disk device #5 failure,"
> vs. "USB disk device on the 3rd port of the 1st hub has failed"). We need
> access to the topological information.
>

That's a completely different type of topological information, though.

>
> Heck, I might want different behavior between the case where I unplug all
> devices individually, or if I unplug a hub (and thus all it's associated
> devices) instead. Specifically, I'm thinking about laptops in this case,
> where the user is using a single cable to a USB hub to attach a multitude
> of devices at once. Under these circumstances, USB Ethernet driver might
> want to use a static IP... otherwise, we're probably at the office and
> DHCP is the right answer.
>

Yes, but again, that's completely separate from the layout of /dev.

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