Re: Does sysfs really provides persistent hardware path to devices?

From: Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Date: Sat Jul 26 2003 - 12:07:14 EST


On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 12:59:03PM -0400, J.C. Wren wrote:
> Specifically using your example of USB memories, I have seen devices move
> around just because of rebooting. I have a Sandisk SDDR-31 (MMC) and a
> SDDR-33 (CF) that remain plugged into the same USB ports all the time.
> Occasionally, they come up swapped (normally the MMC reader is /dev/sda),
> which is really infuriating, since my scripts for building MMC and CF cards
> then exhibit much breakage.

Test out udev's ability to name devices based on bus topology (the USB
bus topology doesn't change for you.) It should solve your problem.

thanks,

greg k-h
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