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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