On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 12:20 +0200, Alexey ORISHKO wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netdev- > > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stefan Metzmacher > > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:09 PM > > > > - .flags = FLAG_POINTTOPOINT | FLAG_NO_SETINT | FLAG_MULTI_PACKET, > > + .flags = FLAG_WWAN | FLAG_NO_SETINT | FLAG_MULTI_PACKET, > > This patch will introduce incompatibility with already existing > applications, which track usbX devices. As a result, end user > application will stop working. Applications should *never* track devices based solely on a device name prefix. What do they do when the device gets renamed either by udev rules or the user? It's simply broken. Device names are not stable API and they can and do change at will. Applications that expect them to have a stable prefix are simply broken. Dan -- 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
