[Bug 1243644] Re: Plugged external devices on booting can break ordering

[Martin Pitt]

This isn't something that udev even could do, as the names are assigned
by the kernel.

You should not rely at all on device names in the hotplug world. Use
UUIDs, LABELs, or other attributes of the device to identify which one
you want to mount (e. g. the desktop automounting infrastructure does
not care about device names and creates /media/<username>/<label>/ for
mount points).

** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Plugged external devices on booting can break ordering

Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 dev with udev 204-0ubuntu19. My system does
  contain a hard disk drive (sda) and 4 card reader (sdb - sde). If I'm
  plug in an usb stick it will get the name sdf. But if the usb stick is
  already plugged in at booting it will get the name sdb and the card
  reader will get the names sdc - sdf. Maybe udev can give all internal
  devices a higher priority over all external devices so that all
  internal devices would always have the same ordering.

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