From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:04:27 +0000
Subject: Re: Udev rule for HSDPA modem
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On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 12:54:31AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> Yeah, it looks really strange with your devices. Why put people poetry
> in the device strings? :)
> 
> But it seems to work, which is great. Here is a new version of the
> serial.rules and a /lib/udev/path_id which needs to be replaced.
> 
> Can you try that again on your "collection"? :)

Here you go.  I'm not so sure the "by-path" is that useful, as it has
the ttyUSB number in the name, which can be different from boot-to-boot.

How about putting the usb path in there and not truncate it?

thanks,

greg k-h

$ tree /dev/serial/
/dev/serial/
|-- by-id
|   |-- usb-Inside_Out_Networks_Edgeport_4_04-01-006467-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB0
|   |-- usb-Inside_Out_Networks_Edgeport_4_04-01-006467-if00-port1 -> ../../ttyUSB1
|   |-- usb-Inside_Out_Networks_Edgeport_4_04-01-006467-if00-port2 -> ../../ttyUSB2
|   |-- usb-Inside_Out_Networks_Edgeport_4_04-01-006467-if00-port3 -> ../../ttyUSB3
|   |-- usb-Keyspan__a_division_of_InnoSys_Inc._USB_4-port_Serial_Adapter-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB8
|   |-- usb-Keyspan__a_division_of_InnoSys_Inc._USB_4-port_Serial_Adapter-if00-port1 -> ../../ttyUSB9
|   |-- usb-Keyspan__a_division_of_InnoSys_Inc._USB_4-port_Serial_Adapter-if00-port2 -> ../../ttyUSB10
|   |-- usb-Keyspan__a_division_of_InnoSys_Inc._USB_4-port_Serial_Adapter-if00-port3 -> ../../ttyUSB11
|   `-- usb-Prolific_Technology_Inc._USB-Serial_Controller-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB7
`-- by-path
    |-- pci-0000:00:1d.2-usb-0:ttyUSB7-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB7
    |-- pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:ttyUSB0-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB0
    |-- pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:ttyUSB1-port1 -> ../../ttyUSB1
    |-- pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:ttyUSB10-port2 -> ../../ttyUSB10
    |-- pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:ttyUSB11-port3 -> ../../ttyUSB11
    |-- pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:ttyUSB2-port2 -> ../../ttyUSB2
    |-- pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:ttyUSB3-port3 -> ../../ttyUSB3
    |-- pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:ttyUSB8-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB8
    `-- pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:ttyUSB9-port1 -> ../../ttyUSB9