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Subject: Re: [stable] 2.6.21 known regressions (v2) (for -stable team)
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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.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