Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SIIG 8-port serial boards support | Date | Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:32:03 -0600 | From | "Kilau, Scott" <> |
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Hi everyone, (Sorry for the ugly copy/paste here, grabbing from a web browser to email)
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:02:13PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > Finally, let me explain why I favour the termios solution. The biggest > (and most important) aspect is that it allows existing applications > such as minicom and gettys to work as expected - getting the correct > handshaking mode that they desire without having to change userspace.
What about creating a "struct termiox". Yeah, it creates a new ioctl, but it is a pretty standard ioctl among Unix's.
I know adding termiox calls has been brought up before in the past, and of course, nothing ever gets added...
Scott
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