-A: Yes, udev can create /dev nodes using the devfs naming policy. A
- configuration file needs to be created to map the kernel default names
- to the devfs names. See the initial udev.rules.devfs file in the udev
- release. It is the start of such a configuration file. If there are
- any things missing, please let the udev authors know.
+A: Yes, udev can create /dev nodes using the devfs naming policy. But you
+ will need a custom configuration and scripts that enumerate your devices
+ sequentially while events run in parallel, without a predictable order.
+ The devfs scheme is not recommended or supported because it is a stupid
+ idea to simply enumerate devices in a world where devices can come and go
+ at any time. These numbers give you nothing but problems, and are not
+ useful to identify a device. Have a look at the persistent rules for
+ examples how to create persistent device names in userspace without any
+ device enumeration depending on the device probing order.