On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Chuck Hast wrote:
> On 6/4/06, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Chuck Hast wrote:
>>
>> > I have found that USB serial ports on linux work with no questions
>> > asked (knock on wood, at least I do not get asked dumb questions about
>> > needing drivers like that other OS does).
>> >
>> > The one issue I have run into is if I have a usb serial port and add a
>> > 2nd one, the second one may on reboot come up as the first one and
>> > visaversa.
Yeah, I get that with my USB hard drive. Sometimes it's /dev/sde, sometimes
/dev/sdb.
>> > I have external devices that are connected to these things and need to
>> > make sure that the same hardware device comes on line as TTYUSB0, and
>> > the second one always comes up as TTYUSB1 etc. Does anyone have a idea
>> > of how to make sure that a given device always comes up with the same
>> > serial port assignment.
>>
>> The order is probably consistent if you start from "no modules loaded"
>> every time. So just make sure the hotplug script (I guess) unloads
>> ehci_hcd, uhci_hcd, and usbcore in the "stop" section, and always connect
>> the cables in the same order (or at least have them connected when the
>> script starts).
>
> Where do I find the script.
/etc/init.d/hotplug
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