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Re: /dev/cua? Vs /dev/ttyS? (was: Re: co-existance of pppd and mgetty ?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gert Doering)
Thu May 23 23:31:00 1996
From: gert@greenie.muc.de (Gert Doering)
To: tytso@mit.edu (Theodore Y. Ts'o)
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 00:20:45 +0200
Cc: tonyn@sctnugen.ppp.gu.edu.au, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-ppp@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9605131751.AA13288@dcl.MIT.EDU> from "Theodore Y. Ts'o" at "May 13, 96 07:51:04 pm"
Hi,
Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> I originally implemented the cuaXX/ttySXX lockout mechanism back before
> FSSTND established a standard convention for the use of tty lock files.
> Now that it's there, people should use the tty lock files and not try
> using /dev/cuaXX. The only reason why /dev/cuaXX hasn't disappeared yet
> is for backwards compatibility reasons.
It's really good to read this. May I forward this to the maintainer
of the Serial HowTO?
There has been soooo much confusion about ttySXX/cuaXX in the past,
because these details have never been sufficiently explained by an
"official developer"...
gert
PS: See you today on the Linux Kongress :-)
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