Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:09:42 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: Bram Van Steenlandt <brampie@no-wackos.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device id question (usb and scsi) Message-ID: <20050120140941.GA5661@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <41EF810B.7060301@no-wackos.com> References: <41EF810B.7060301@no-wackos.com>
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:59:39AM +0100, Bram Van Steenlandt wrote: > Hi, > > I've been having some problems with the following: > ex1: I have two scsi scanners and I use sane to scan all works well my > two scanners are /dev/pass0 and /dev/pass1 however when one of them is > turned of the device are renumbered (wich is a problem because then I > have to change the sane configuration files) > > ex2: Same thing as above happens with usb printer, I work with cups and > printers get mixed from the moment you leave one of. > > I have a support pack for cups and they tell my there is no other > solution then to move to linux or osx because they have device id > numbers (they save the number kinda like a dhcp server and fixed ip > adresses). Or that I have to wait untill freebsd implements this. > > I am a very FreeBSD minded person (but also a newbie) and I find it very > hard to believe that such an advanced OS does not have some solution for > this. Add devd scripts to setup/remove softlinks whenever you identify a specific device. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de
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