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SubjectRe: devices.txt errors
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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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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