-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 udev.rules.devfs file in the udev
- release.
- Note that the devfs scheme is not recommended or officially supported
- cause it is a really 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 disk rules for an example how to do it correctly in userspace
- without any stupid device enumeration.
+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.