Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:55:01 +1000 | From | Stephen Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: devices.txt errors |
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On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 13:22:53 -0400 "Albert Cahalan" <acahalan@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 7/9/06, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 02:49:19 -0400 "Albert Cahalan" <acahalan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Some names, like "/dev/iseries/vtty%d", are too damn big. > > > > As far as I know they were never used and certainly aren't now. We did > > once use /dev/viocons/%d, but that went away a long time ago (before the > > code was in the mainline kernel). Major 229 is now used by the pSeries > > Hypervisor consoles (/dev/hvc%d) and hopefully soon by a new iSeries > > hypervisor console with the same name. > > Since that still isn't in devices.txt... > > /dev/ttyHV%d would match the standard pattern better. > (assuming you only need 3-digit numbers)
However, it is already in the mainline kernel (the pSeries HV console) and in common use ...
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