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Re: [MiNT] ext2fs
On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 06:16:22PM +0200, Julian Reschke wrote:
> Hmmm, shouldn't there be a difference between character and block devices
> (or is this one of these missing things...?)?
Yes. However, there is still the possibility of character devices that take
a long time to open, or have other unwanted side effects (like eg. any
device that turns on external hardware when it is opened).
Regardless of this problem, I think probing all devices to find out the few
which are serial ports is the wrong method.
cu
Michael
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