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Date:      Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:19:13 +0300
From:      Valentin Nechayev <netch@lucky.net>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [HEADSUP] naming of tty devices.
Message-ID:  <20040920121913.GH89036@lucky.net>
In-Reply-To: <99367.1095682142@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <20040920112733.GE84228@lucky.net> <99367.1095682142@critter.freebsd.dk>

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 Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 14:09:02, phk wrote about "Re: [HEADSUP] naming of tty devices.": 

>>When restoring terminal device from this name, now it is possible yet
>>to determine terminal testing /dev/tty$x or /dev/cua$x; with your new
>>scheme this will be impossible totally.
> No, that is exactly the way it will work, and which today it doesn't.
> ttyd0 and cuad0 is the same device.  The difference between "tty"
> and "cua" is how we react to DCD when opening.
> You can never be
> logged in vial both ttyd0 and cuad0 at the same time, so there is
> no logging issue.

I say not for logging, but for restoring full terminal name from short name.
E.g. listing processes controlled by this terminal. Whether /bin/ps will
list processes for both callin and callout port, when got "-t d1"?


-netch-



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