From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759499AbZBCAHm (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:07:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754896AbZBCAHE (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:07:04 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:34893 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754673AbZBCAHC (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:07:02 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:05:29 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Chuck Ebbert , dan williams Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] A patch in 2.6.27.9 caused device names to change Message-ID: <20090203000529.GC9467@kroah.com> References: <20090202170238.348af36a@dhcp-100-2-144.bos.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090202170238.348af36a@dhcp-100-2-144.bos.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 05:02:38PM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > This patch: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=blob_plain;f=releases/2.6.27.9/usb-option-add-pantech-cards.patch;hb=HEAD > > replaced my wireless adapter's /dev/ttyACM0 interface with three interfaces: > /dev/ttyUSB[012] > > That broke my ppp connection scripts. And I have to use /dev/ttyUSB1 to connect, > not USB0. Also it looks like Network Manager only knows how to use the first > interface in its auto-connect mode, so people using that also lost their > connections. Ugh, that sucks. That is what is also in upstream, so 2.6.29-rc also fails for you? Dan, what's with replacing working devices with the cdc-acm driver with option device ids? Is there some reason you did this? thanks, greg k-h