Subject: CVS commit: src
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@MIT.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 08/09/1998 02:38:46
>Modified Files:
>        src/sys/dev/ic: z8530tty.c
>Log Message:
>Initialize the struct tty's t_dev field at attach rather than first open.

So, regardless of your other concerns, this behaviour was intentional!
It meant that `pstat -t' would show the correct one of ttyXX or cuaXX
depending on which was open.