On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Alan Stern<stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Peter Naulls wrote: > >> >> ttyUSB3 is now missing, which was the device I was trying to use. > > This is correct behavior, isn't it? Your program is still running and > still holding ttyUSB3 open, so that same minor number can't be used for > a new device node. > Dubious. It's true that I am still holding it open, but it will eventually be let go by pppd et al. Apart from that, it's a departure from behaviour in previous kernel versions. And how do I determine which interface is the correct control interface the 3rd, 5th, 10th time it's inserted? I don't pretend to be an expert on device allocation etc, in the kernel, so please correct me here, but this doesn't seem the best. -- - Peter Naulls -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
