Subject: Re: tty layer bogons from the depths of the abyss
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/20/1998 12:51:54
"Erik E. Fair" writes:
> There is actually one other case to think about supporting (it may not be
> important these days): dual-use modems, dial-in and dial-out. Something
> like uugetty (or its equivalents) can help, or you can play the two tty
> locking game used in SunOS (two /dev/ttyfoo's, one device, one for getty,
> one for cua0 (or equiv), mutually exclusive use locking in the kernel).

I am happiest with the SunOS /dev/ttyN vs /dev/cuaN game -- it works
*VERY* well, and it is the one thing from SunOS I miss in NetBSD.

Perry