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Re: [MiNT] ext2fs

To: MiNT List <mint@fishpool.com>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] ext2fs
From: Michael Schwingen <rincewind@discworld.dascon.de>
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 20:08:23 +0200
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990507072745.16063A-100000@hal.fishpool.fi>; from Martin-Eric Racine on Fri, May 07, 1999 at 07:29:43AM +0300
References: <Pine.HPP.3.91.990506182241.3434A-100000@csmd44> <Pine.LNX.3.96.990507072745.16063A-100000@hal.fishpool.fi>
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On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 07:29:43AM +0300, Martin-Eric Racine wrote:
> 
> Let's keep in mind that RSVF cookie works on _anything_ that runs
> TOS (if you install HS-Modem), while /dev/name is only available 
> on MiNT or Magic.  Compatibility is the word.

HSMODEM *does* provide u:/dev/name entried for the serial ports - in fact,
that is its main purpose, being able to open/read/write/ioctl 
u:/dev/portname.

That it sets the RSVF cookies so programs can get a list of available ports
is only a side effect.

cu
Michael
-- 
Michael Schwingen, Ahornstrasse 36, 52074 Aachen

References:
- Re: [MiNT] ext2fs
  - From: Frank Naumann <fnaumann@prinz-atm.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>
- Re: [MiNT] ext2fs
  - From: Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.com>

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