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From: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
	Chunyan Liu <cyliu@suse.com>,
	"xen-devel@lists.xen.org" <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>,
	Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>, Simon Cao <caobosimon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:21:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFLBxZb1QiixK=z0Y7THt5cPf=_K1XyHeAWu7ncwg-==6wj1_g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <21888.1191.40486.530231@mariner.uk.xensource.com>

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com> wrote:
> George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API"):
>> The "busid" we're talking about here will identify a device at a
>> particular *port* in the USB topology; the busid will take whatever is
>> plugged into that particular port.  So in the example in my other
>> thread, the Yubikey "busid" is 2-3.1.2; but if I were to unplug the
>> yubikey and plud my mouse into that port, the mouse would then be at
>> 2-3.1.2.
>
> What you have just said contradicts Juergen's assertion that the busid
> is not stable across reboots.
>
> I think perhaps the difficulty is that the very first number, the usb
> controller number, may not be stable, because it depends on the order
> of device discovery.

I wasn't considering reboots when I made my statement.  According to a
comment on the libusb mailing list:

"The operating system does not guarantee that bus numbers will remain
fixed across reboots.  Usually they will (if the computer's hardware
hasn't been changed), but it isn't guaranteed." [1]

I just used "lsusb -v" to scan through all the devices I have
connected; some of them do have a field called "iSerial", but as most
of these are '0' and the ones that are non-zero are between 1 and 3, I
doubt that will be much use in most cases.  I don't immediately see
anything that might be a unique identifier.

 -George

[1] http://sourceforge.net/p/libusb/mailman/libusb-devel/thread/20080324215139.22289.qmail@cdy.org/

  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-16 11:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-10  3:20 [PATCH V4 0/7] xen pvusb toolstack work Chunyan Liu
2015-06-10  3:20 ` [PATCH V4 1/7] libxl: export some functions for pvusb use Chunyan Liu
2015-06-11 16:08   ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-11 16:28     ` Wei Liu
2015-06-12 15:14       ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-10  3:20 ` [PATCH V4 2/7] libxl_read_file_contents: add new entry to read sysfs file Chunyan Liu
2015-06-11 16:16   ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-12  7:00     ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-12 15:11       ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-10  3:20 ` [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API Chunyan Liu
2015-06-11 15:00   ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-11 16:07     ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-11 16:42   ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-12  7:39     ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-12  8:06       ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-12 11:22       ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-15 14:17   ` George Dunlap
2015-06-15 14:25     ` Jürgen Groß
2015-06-15 14:34       ` George Dunlap
2015-06-15 18:26         ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 10:30           ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 10:51             ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 11:11               ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:19                 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 11:23                   ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:44                     ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-17 11:24                       ` Ian Campbell
2015-06-18 11:50                         ` George Dunlap
2015-06-18 12:08                         ` George Dunlap
2015-06-18 13:03                           ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-22 13:29                           ` Proposed plan for libxl USB interface (was Re: [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API) George Dunlap
2015-06-22 14:14                             ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-22 14:22                             ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-23  2:42                             ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-23  2:43                             ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-23  2:44                             ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-16 10:41     ` [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 10:56       ` Jürgen Groß
2015-06-16 11:03         ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:10         ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 11:25           ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 11:45             ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 12:02               ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 13:19                 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 13:32                   ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 13:37                   ` [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API [and 1 more messages] Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 14:41                     ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 15:58                       ` Sander Eikelenboom
2015-06-16 15:59                       ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 16:34                         ` George Dunlap
2015-06-17  3:59                           ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-17 10:27                             ` George Dunlap
2015-06-18  6:24                               ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-16 11:45             ` [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 13:06               ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 13:09                 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 13:23                   ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 13:29                     ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 13:49                       ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 14:06                         ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 14:20                           ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 14:37                             ` George Dunlap
2015-06-17 11:34                             ` Ian Campbell
2015-06-17 11:40                               ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-18  6:20                               ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-18  7:02                                 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-18  8:50                                   ` Ian Campbell
2015-06-18 13:02                                     ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 15:38             ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:01       ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:12         ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 11:21           ` George Dunlap [this message]
2015-06-16 16:32             ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 16:39               ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 16:51                 ` Ross Philipson
2015-06-17  4:03                   ` Jürgen Groß
2015-06-17 13:48                     ` Ross Philipson
2015-06-15 17:47   ` George Dunlap
2015-06-23 10:18     ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-23 11:29       ` George Dunlap
2015-06-24  2:26         ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-10  3:20 ` [PATCH V4 4/7] libxl: add libxl_device_usb_assignable_list API Chunyan Liu
2015-06-10  3:20 ` [PATCH V4 5/7] xl: add pvusb commands Chunyan Liu
2015-06-12  7:37   ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-12  8:03     ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-12  8:22       ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-10  3:20 ` [PATCH V4 6/7] xl: add usb-assignable-list command Chunyan Liu
2015-06-10  3:20 ` [PATCH V4 7/7] domcreate: support pvusb in configuration file Chunyan Liu

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