Re: [HEADSUP] naming of tty devices.

From: Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe_at_nsu.ru)
Date: 09/21/04

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    Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:42:46 +0700
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>

    On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:38:45AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
    >
    > My suggestion is the following:
    >
    > All drivers will offer "tty${something}" devices, and
    > generally ${something} will consist of a letter followed
    > by a number, possibly in base 36 ([0-9a-z]).
    >
    > All drivers which attach to external equipment via a serial
    > connector should also offer "cua${thesamething}". "Embedded"
    > serial ports, pseudo drivers etc, do not have to offer the
    > "cua" if DCD state on open is not an issue.
    >
    > The init and lock devices will be called ${base_device}.[init,lock]
    > and they will possibly be provided by on-demand devices so that
    > they do not clutter up /dev.

    What about contracting `.init|lock' to just `i|l', like we have with all
    (most) other device names out there (i.e., acd0t0, not acd0track0) -- long
    device names is a thing to avoid, IMHO.

    ./danfe
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