Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:19:25 -0400 From: Christopher Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb serial port device naming Message-ID: <6CFC0E04-AF60-4983-A6FA-0AEC3CFAF75A@vindaloo.com> In-Reply-To: <201105171118.43267.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1105170243500.1983@hotlap.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> <201105171118.43267.hselasky@c2i.net>
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On May 17, 2011, at 5:18 AM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If you run 8-stable, there is some information you can lookup via sysctls of
> the USB devices, which tells you which port belongs to which device.
>
> Use the serial number to identify your device, if your device has such a
> value.
>
> usbconfig -d X.Y dump_device_desc
>
Are you suggesting that one could use this information to config devd and perhaps automatically create a link to the correct port at USB attach time? I ask because I anticipate having to deal with this situation in the future.
-- Chris
Chris Hilton e: chris /at/ vindaloo /dot/ com
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