RE: [MiNT] ext2fs

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@muenster.de>]

> From: owner-mint@fishpool.com [mailto:owner-mint@fishpool.com]On Behalf
> Of Michael Schwingen
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 7:15 PM
> To: MiNT List
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] ext2fs
>
>
> On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 08:11:45PM +0200, Frank Naumann wrote:
> > > Once I know what port to use, there is no problem. However,
> how do I build
> > > the list to let the user select a port?
> >
> > Why not through a special ioctl on /dev?
>
> Does that exist yet? If not, then there is no point in complaining that
> these programs use the cookie interface, since no alternative exists.
>
> If yes: on what device shall I do the ioctl?
>
> Blindly opening all devices in /dev to do an ioctl might not be a
> good idea:
> think about raw devices that belong to some hardware that is offline, or
> takes a long time - eg. multiple devices that belong to a CD changer.
> Opening all these in turn just to find out that they are not serial ports
> might take a *long* time.

Hmmm, shouldn't there be a difference between character and block devices
(or is this one of these missing things...?)?