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Date:      Tue, 17 May 2011 14:57:56 -0400
From:      Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>
To:        Christopher Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usb serial port device naming
Message-ID:  <4DD2C534.8000005@bway.net>
In-Reply-To: <6CFC0E04-AF60-4983-A6FA-0AEC3CFAF75A@vindaloo.com>
References:  <alpine.OSX.2.00.1105170243500.1983@hotlap.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> <201105171118.43267.hselasky@c2i.net> <6CFC0E04-AF60-4983-A6FA-0AEC3CFAF75A@vindaloo.com>

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Christopher Hilton wrote:
> 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.

My question as well...

Thanks,

Charles

> -- Chris
> 
> Chris Hilton                          e: chris /at/ vindaloo /dot/ com 
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