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Exactly. USB devices do this (seem to identify the device by (port, uuid?)) and it's highly annoying having to rearrange everything so the USB-to-serial adapter
by taneq 4y ago
Exactly. USB devices do this (seem to identify the device by (port, uuid?)) and it's highly annoying having to rearrange everything so the USB-to-serial adapter can reach the correct USB port so I can keep calling it COM5 and not have to switch everything over to COM1 or COM13 or whatever.
It also causes weirdness like "my scrollwheel scrolls in one direction when plugged into my laptop and the other direction if I plug it into the USB hub in my keyboard."
- grishka 4y ago*on Windows. On macOS USB serial devices use their serial (lol) numbers or models or whatever for /dev/usbserialXXX, definitely regardless of which port you plug it in.