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On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 09:24 -0500, jamal wrote:

> > It also means the
> > grouping is entirely user-space controlled. In this case, the idea of
> > automatically grouping based on the device structure seems pointless.
> 
> You still havent said what you want this grouping for. What is your
> use case? ;->

I don't have a use case. I was just wondering if there's any benefit in
grouping virtual devices that belong to a single physical device, but I
suppose there isn't.

johannes