From: Adam Hunt <kinema@gmail.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Naming persistence of USB devices
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 03:21:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20041208T040332-835@post.gmane.org> (raw)
I'm currently working on a design for a Linux based mobile. In my design I am
using a number of optical USB mice (all the same manufacture and model) for
linear displacement sensors as well as more then a couple USB or 1394 cameras
(also all the same manufacture and model) for machine vision. One thing I am
concerned about is the persistence device naming.
I assume there is no danger of the devices exchanging names through reboots as
long as they stay plugged into the same ports on the same hub on the same root
hub. What if I change any of this? What if I move the tree (I don't know the
official USB term) of devices (hubs and peripherals) from one root hub to
another? Upon reenumeration will the /dev names change? What if I have a
device plugged into a hub, power down and for whatever reason when I reattach
the device I plug it into a different port, what if that port is on a different
hub or root hub?
If anyone can point me to a document explaining the fundamentals of USB and 1394
enumeration I would appreciate it. My single biggest question is how does a
device get it's /dev name, is it based off some world unique device number (like
Ethernet MAC addresses) or maybe the Linux scans the first USB adapter/bridge it
comes across on the PCI bus then follows some convention for the devices
connected to hubs downstream.
--adam
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2004-12-08 3:21 Adam Hunt [this message]
2004-12-08 8:40 ` Naming persistence of USB devices Oliver Neukum
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