netdev - Re: [stable] 2.6.21 known regressions (v2) (for -stable team)

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Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:21:54 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>,
	Vincent Frentzel <zcecc22@....ac.uk>,
	Riccardo Ricci <rricci@...vanetmore.it>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	Giorgio Lando <patroclo7@...il.com>,
	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>,
	H??kan Lindqvist <lindqvist@...star.se>,
	Fran??ois Valenduc <francois.valenduc@...net.be>,
	"Udo A. Steinberg" <us15@...inf.tu-dresden.de>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Meyer <thomas.mey@....de>,
	stable@...nel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Francois SIMOND <curio@...e.fr>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	reiserfs-dev@...esys.com
Subject: Re: [stable] 2.6.21 known regressions (v2) (for -stable team)

Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> writes:

>> Also, assignation of ttyUSB#'s is volatile depending on phase of the
>> moon when booted.
>
> That's always been the case, ever since the 2.2 kernel releases.  Please
> use udev if you want persistent device names for your tty USB devices.

I don't know how udev (or anything) could help here. AFAIK the
converters have no serial numbers and no other means to
differentiate.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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