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From: Gary_Lerhaupt@Dell.com
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: usb-mount (hotplug + desktop hooks)
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 16:05:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-103668544222202@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-103558971618973@msgid-missing>

Here is my solution.  Tell me what you think.  I'll add a --usb-guid option
to the devlabel add command.  When you try to do an add with --usb-guid, it
will first grab the SCSI ID and then grab the USB GUID.  It will then prompt
you to remove your USB device.  It will then prompt you to reattach your USB
device.  At this point it will confirm that the ID it received before is the
same ID it is getting now.  If both of these match, the add will proceed and
from then on it will reference the USB GUID to confirm consistency.

Unfortunately, this does little for you as your GUIDs are non-unique.  In
your scenario, the --usb-guid add would fail and it wouldn't allow you to
use the GUID as part of the ID of the device.  However, for things like my
card-reader and properly spec'd USB devices, this would alleviate dependence
on the 1F00 identifier.  Hey, maybe someone might even take the initiative
to compile a list of USB devices which have true consistent GUIDs.

What do you think?

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hamilton [mailto:michael@actrix.gen.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:03 PM
To: Gary_Lerhaupt@exchange.dell.com; a_ajay_sr@yahoo.com
Cc: Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: usb-mount (hotplug + desktop hooks)


I've already investigated this path.  Here's a summary...

I have two identical devices - lets call them A and B to save any
confusion.

1) Plug in device A:
    viking2:~ % cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0
       Host scsi0: usb-storage
           Vendor: Neodio Technologies Corp.
          Product: Neodio USB Storage Device
    Serial Number: 0AEC501000001A002
         Protocol: Transparent SCSI
        Transport: Bulk
             GUID: 0aec5010aec501000001a002
         Attached: Yes
2) Unplug device A and plug it in again - note the serial and GUID
   are based on the same attributes - the vendor, product and bus 
   location.
    viking2:~ % cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0
       Host scsi0: usb-storage
           Vendor: Neodio Technologies Corp.
          Product: Neodio USB Storage Device
    Serial Number: 0AEC501000001A003
         Protocol: Transparent SCSI
        Transport: Bulk
             GUID: 0aec5010aec501000001a003
         Attached: Yes
3) Plug in device B - note that it has the Serial and GUID we saw
   in step (1) above.
    viking2:~ % cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-1/0
       Host scsi0: usb-storage
           Vendor: Neodio Technologies Corp.
          Product: Neodio USB Storage Device
    Serial Number: 0AEC501000001A002
         Protocol: Transparent SCSI
        Transport: Bulk
             GUID: 0aec5010aec501000001a002
         Attached: Yes
4) Unplug device B and plug it in again- note it now has the same 
   serial and GUID as device A which is still plugged in.
    viking2:~ % cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-1/0
       Host scsi0: usb-storage
           Vendor: Neodio Technologies Corp.
          Product: Neodio USB Storage Device
    Serial Number: 0AEC501000001A003
         Protocol: Transparent SCSI
        Transport: Bulk
             GUID: 0aec5010aec501000001a003
         Attached: Yes
    viking2:~ % cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0
       Host scsi0: usb-storage
           Vendor: Neodio Technologies Corp.
          Product: Neodio USB Storage Device
    Serial Number: 0AEC501000001A003
         Protocol: Transparent SCSI
        Transport: Bulk
             GUID: 0aec5010aec501000001a003
         Attached: Yes

Not very nice. I guess the scsi device id could be added
to the serial or GUID to provide a unique identifier that
will last as long as the device is plugged in.

Michael




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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-11-07 16:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-25 23:46 usb-mount (hotplug + desktop hooks) David Brownell
2002-10-26  9:35 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-10-28 21:52 ` Gary_Lerhaupt
2002-11-02 23:32 ` Michael Hamilton
2002-11-04 16:38 ` Gary_Lerhaupt
2002-11-05  9:46 ` Michael Hamilton
2002-11-06  4:23 ` Ajay
2002-11-06  9:21 ` Michael Hamilton
2002-11-06 15:53 ` Gary_Lerhaupt
2002-11-07  5:03 ` Michael Hamilton
2002-11-07 16:05 ` Gary_Lerhaupt [this message]
2002-11-11  8:11 ` Michael Hamilton
2002-11-11 15:39 ` Gary_Lerhaupt
2002-11-13  8:55 ` Michael Hamilton
2002-11-21 20:30 ` David Brownell

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