Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:29:42 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: marcel@xcllnt.net Subject: Re: [TEST/REVIEW/HEADSUP] tty drivers mega-patch Message-ID: <10536.1089876582@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:47:18 MDT." <20040714.224718.93805530.imp@bsdimp.com>
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In message <20040714.224718.93805530.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes: >In message: <20040714180816.GA5503@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> > Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> writes: >: But anyway, if you think that all serial devices should have tty$# >: and cua$#, then just implement it that way. It's better to get this >: rework behind us. I can adjust. If not, then I can at least commit :-) > >I know that a lot of people will have to adjust. I have several files >with things like /dev/ucom0 in them.... > >: > The plan is to make them on-demand-devices (clonable) so that they >: > do not clutter up /dev but appear if you access them. That would >: > leave only the ttyu0 and cuau0 devices. >: >: Yes! I like the cloning. > >What's the cloning plan? To make the "init" and "lock" devices only when they are accessed and remove them on close. This is the difference between 6 devices nodes per port and 2 devices nodes per port in /dev -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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