From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Randy.Dunlap" Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:57:26 +0000 Subject: Re: device number increasing in /proc/bus/usb ? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 00:27:18 +0100 wwp wrote: | Hi hotplug folks, | | | is it normal that device number increases each time I unplug/plug | an USB mouse? For instance: first plug shows /proc/bus/usb/xxx/nnn, | an each time I unplug/replug the device, nnn increases. Yes, the USB subsystem doesn't reuse device numbers immediately. Instead it assigns them in a round-robin manner, up to 127, then restarting back at the low end with unassigned numbers. -- ~Randy ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel