* Re: IDs
@ 2001-09-29 19:00 Tim Jansen
2001-09-29 19:56 ` IDs Vojtech Pavlik
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From: Tim Jansen @ 2001-09-29 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-hotplug
On Saturday 29 September 2001 20:04, you wrote:
> Ok. Though I'd prefer PRODUCT;UNIQ;PHYS or PHYS;PRODUCT;UNIQ. Because
> PRODUCT and UNIQ are bound together. UNIQ is only defined to be unique
> in the PRODUCT class of devices, not globally.
PHYS;PRODUCT;UNIQ is ok for me. It has the (very small) advantage that you
can have any character in UNIQ, so you don't need to excape semicolons when
you get the string from usb.
> There really is no reason to set the serial number taken from the SAPROM
> on the PCI device ...
In my old scheme there was no difference between the device itself and its
functional units, this is why it was neccessary.
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* Re: IDs
2001-09-29 19:00 IDs Tim Jansen
@ 2001-09-29 19:56 ` Vojtech Pavlik
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From: Vojtech Pavlik @ 2001-09-29 19:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-hotplug
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 09:00:50PM +0200, Tim Jansen wrote:
> On Saturday 29 September 2001 20:04, you wrote:
> > Ok. Though I'd prefer PRODUCT;UNIQ;PHYS or PHYS;PRODUCT;UNIQ. Because
> > PRODUCT and UNIQ are bound together. UNIQ is only defined to be unique
> > in the PRODUCT class of devices, not globally.
>
> PHYS;PRODUCT;UNIQ is ok for me. It has the (very small) advantage that you
> can have any character in UNIQ, so you don't need to excape semicolons when
> you get the string from usb.
Ok.
> > There really is no reason to set the serial number taken from the SAPROM
> > on the PCI device ...
>
> In my old scheme there was no difference between the device itself and its
> functional units, this is why it was neccessary.
I see. I think this is cleaner design, though.
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