Am Dienstag, 7. Juli 2009 16:39:03 schrieb Alan Stern: > It does seem unnecessary to keep the minor number tied up merely > because the device file is open. Maybe there's some deeper reason for > this I'm not aware of. In any case, below is an experimental patch you > can try out. It should cause usb-serial to release the minor number as > soon as the device is unplugged. (I haven't tried it myself, so you'll > be the first!) This endangers system security. Somebody might have permissions to use the old device, defined by a major:minor pair, who must not be let use the new device. Regards Oliver -- 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
