Is there a way to control Joystick enumeration order under Linux (Raspbian)?

[andrewsi]

I have an Ipac-2 and a U360 which both create Joystick devices under /dev/input (js0, js1).  The Ipac seems to ALMOST always register as JS0, and the U360 as JS1, but I would prefer it to be the other way around.  Regardless of how I move USB plugs around, I still seem to get the same behavior.  Since this behavior seems to be under control of the kernel and not udev, it doesn't seem like writing udev rules would be any help here.

Is this just the way it is?

Thanks for any insight, I'm not a Linux expert, but seem to be becoming one fast. :-)

Andy