>> This is a major problem as the device *still* has the right name and the >> right IP, but it is as though it has been physically removed from the >> slot and changed place. >> >> Is it somehow possible to deal with this problem? >> >> pciconf doesn't display those devices. > > usbconfig will show the USB devices, 'usbconfig -d 0.3 dump_device_desc' > shows output from device 0.3. It might be possible to assign a unique > name to each with 'ifconfig name' when they are detected by devd. That > would depend on some unique ID for each that can be detected by devd. > If they are all the same brand and model, vendor and product ID will not > help. Serial number is often not set on USB devices. MAC address would > work, if that is passed to devd.
Thank you very much, brought me so much closer to a solution. I don't think MAC address is passed to devd, but each device does have a unique serial number, but I am unable to determine how exactly to go about fixing a device name to a specific serial number. Kind regards. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
