Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:47:18 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] naming of tty devices. Message-ID: <414EDF66.8030907@cronyx.ru> In-Reply-To: <2850.1095687433@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <2850.1095687433@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >In message <414ED61D.5080607@cronyx.ru>, Roman Kurakin writes: > > >>Just an idea: >> >> Why not to add some general device enumeration for all devices, >>especially >>if devices would behave the same? >> >>tty%{global_port} >>cua%{global_port} >> >> > >This doesn't work. > >There _are_ differences between serial devices and for instance >PTYs or NMDM devices have very particular semantics. > > but all tty devices have some generic abilities and behaviour, right? (Sorry, I am a bit sio-centric, I didn't ever look inside ptys.) rik
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