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Re: /dev/cua? Vs /dev/ttyS?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Quinot)
Tue Jun 4 20:15:56 1996
To: submit-linux-dev-net@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
From: thomas@cuivre.fdn.fr (Thomas Quinot)
Date: 3 Jun 1996 18:28:19 GMT
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de) =E9crit :
> I've deleted /dev/cu* on our systems. What's more, I'm for removing s=
upport
> for /dev/cu* (or making it optional) in 2.1.
While the current kernel-based locking certainly has drawbacks, as you
and others rightfully pointed out, it also does provide an alternative
solution that people might wish to use. Removing it would certainly be
a bad move. On the other hand, making it a compile-time option should
be OK for everybody.
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