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- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Path: sparky!uunet!sybus.sybus.com!myrddin!tct!chip
- From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
- Subject: Re: Serial tty names and SCSI problems for .99p*
- Message-ID: <2B484BCD.3659@tct.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:38:05 GMT
- References: <1993Jan4.063533.23520@sol.UVic.CA>
- Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
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- According to pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald):
- >I plan on renaming the serial devices in the next SLS release to
- >ttyS0, ttyS1 and ttyS2. This because between Xwindows, emacs,
- >screen, and tcpip, psuedo ttys are getting pretty much in demand.
-
- I suggest using ttyp?? for ptys. With two hex (or decimal, if you
- like) digits after the "p", there's plenty of room for 64 ptys.
- --
- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT <chip@tct.com>, <73717.366@compuserve.com>
- "you make me want to break the laws of time and space / you make me
- want to eat pork / you make me want to staple bagels to my face /
- and remove them with a pitchfork" -- Weird Al Yankovic, "You Make Me"
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