What's in a (device) name?

2006-04-09 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sergey Babkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > I think this is a problem consisting of multiple parts: > > 1. Identify physical devices and be able to access them. > > 2. Identify some stable "logical" names by device type, > that stay fixed when the configuration changes. >

Re: What's in a (device) name?

2006-04-09 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : The major problem with it is that todays bus architectures don't have : stable device addresses. Instead of devices having a fixed address on : the bus that the user sets, the addresses are assigned as the devices

Re: What's in a (device) name?

2006-04-09 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, M. Warner Losh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : The major problem with it is that todays bus architectures don't have > : stable device addresses. Instead of devices having a fixed address o

Re: What's in a (device) name?

2006-04-10 Thread joerg
On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 10:47:53PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > Firewire would seem to be a lot like USB - hot pluggable and > chainable, though I'm not sure if something like a firewire hub. What > does it to do wire down device addresses? FireWire devices have uuids, you can simply enumerate them

Re: What's in a (device) name?

2006-04-10 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: > On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 10:47:53PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > Firewire would seem to be a lot like USB - hot pluggable and > > chainable, though I'm not sure if something like a firewire hub. What > > does it to do wire down device addresses? > F

Re: What's in a (device) name?

2006-04-10 Thread joerg
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 09:47:41AM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: > > On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 10:47:53PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Firewire would seem to be a lot like USB - hot pluggable and > > > chainable, though I'm not sure if something like a

Re: What's in a (device) name?

2006-04-10 Thread Darren Pilgrim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 09:47:41AM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 10:47:53PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: Firewire would seem to be a lot like USB - hot pluggable and chainable, though I'm not sure if somet

Re: Re: What's in a (device) name?

2006-04-10 Thread Sergey Babkin
>From: "M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >usb assigns addresses dynamically. Everyone else does it basically >statically. PCI slot/device numbers are static, but extreme >configurations can change the bus number. Some USB devices (though not all of them) provide a unique device ID. If this I