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David Woodhouse writes:

> Of course, the _numbers_ might change -- a given port might no longer be
> ttyS0 but ttyS1. But we're happy to overlook that one even though the
> effect on the user is identical, right?

Why would the numbers be prone to change, any more than they are
already?