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Re: [MiNT] new ttyS names
- To: MiNT List <mint@fishpool.com>
- Subject: Re: [MiNT] new ttyS names
- From: Michael Schwingen <rincewind@discworld.dascon.de>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 21:31:36 +0100
- In-reply-to: <Pine.MNT.4.10.10001301111560.145-100000@rakas>; from Martin-Eric Racine on Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 11:19:20AM +0200
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On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 11:19:20AM +0200, Martin-Eric Racine wrote:
>
> Anyhow, after thinking about it, the driver should not even touch
> the sound bit. Let the user handle this using a CPX and assume
> we are gonna use LAN, thus providing /dev/lan and /dev/ttyS4, at
> bootup. If/when the sound bit is set, switch to /dev/serial2.
Definitely not. Fiddling with bits in the hardware is the task of the kernel
or a device driver, not a user program or CPX, especially in a multiuser
environment.
cu
Michael
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