Re: [stable] A patch in 2.6.27.9 caused device names to change

Greg KH
2009-02-03T00:07:42Z

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