Re: commit 7e92b4fc34 - x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices - broke my serial console

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> And couldn't we use udev to associate a fixed name with a MAC
> address?  Then the user could use the same persistent name,
> regardless of the order in which the driver found the devices.

I don't know about udev, but people are definitely using fixed names 
based on MAC address for ethernet devices already:  nameif(8) and 
/etc/mactab, iftab(5) and ifrename(8).
	Jeff


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