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Re: USB serial driver isn't supported ?

To: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: USB serial driver isn't supported ?
From: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:52:43 +0200
Cc: Miguel Angelo Rozsas <miguel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <200205231719.g4NHJmF04619@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <200205231719.g4NHJmF04619@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 23 May 2002 19:19, Richard Gooch wrote:
> I don't know if you've already had an answer to this, but please try
> the appended version of devfsd. It will create compatibility entries
> for /dev/ttyUSB*. One thing confuses me: you seem to be creating/using
> /dev/usb/ttyUSB* devices, not /dev/ttyUSB* devices.
>
> I was under the impression that the official names for USB serial
> devices was /dev/ttyUSB* and not /dev/usb/ttyUSB*.
>
> Russell: is the patch you sent me for USB serial compat names bogus?

To the best of my knowledge it's good (I wouldn't have sent it to you 
otherwise), and the person who requested it seems happy.  My patch complies 
with kernel documentation, practise among different distributions may vary 
though...

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