>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Pearce <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Robert> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:17:32 +0100 Uwe wrote:
>> You can programm VID/PID/Vendor/Description/Serial. I tried
>> something like SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*",
>> ATTRS{product}=="QM07", NAME="qm07_%n" in
>> /etc/udev/rules.d/10-udev.rules and even so udev was not happy with
>> my syntax, the devices/links were created.
Robert> While this is the nice way to do it in many cases, the current
Robert> version of UDEV will whinge about the "NAME" if it doesn't match
Robert> the kernel default. Since one of the claimed driving factors for
Robert> UDEV was "to remove (naming) policy from the kernel", this seems
Robert> utterly broken to me, but there you go.
Robert> The approved way is to substitute "SYMLINK" for "NAME" and then
Robert> you get both the kernel default and the name you want.
Robert> However, for the OP's purpose this is still no good, because he
Robert> has two "identical" FTDI chips. He may have better luck using:
Robert> SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*",
Robert> ATTRS{serial}=="xxxxxxx", SYMLINK="port_01"
Robert,
it there any way I can have ATTRS{serial} as SYMLINK target?
Thanks
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