Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:42:46 +0700 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] naming of tty devices. Message-ID: <20040921104246.GA75823@regency.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <46041.1095665925@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <46041.1095665925@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:38:45AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> My suggestion is the following:
>
> All drivers will offer "tty${something}" devices, and
> generally ${something} will consist of a letter followed
> by a number, possibly in base 36 ([0-9a-z]).
>
> All drivers which attach to external equipment via a serial
> connector should also offer "cua${thesamething}". "Embedded"
> serial ports, pseudo drivers etc, do not have to offer the
> "cua" if DCD state on open is not an issue.
>
> The init and lock devices will be called ${base_device}.[init,lock]
> and they will possibly be provided by on-demand devices so that
> they do not clutter up /dev.
What about contracting `.init|lock' to just `i|l', like we have with all
(most) other device names out there (i.e., acd0t0, not acd0track0) -- long
device names is a thing to avoid, IMHO.
./danfe
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