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Date:      Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:40:26 +0100
From:      Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ttyd0/cuad0 - why is there still this duality ?
Message-ID:  <20050125064026.GE12520@pc5.i.0x5.de>
In-Reply-To: <41F5BD37.8020407@errno.com>
References:  <20050124083043.GA8729@kukulies.org> <20050124151612.GC628@cicely12.cicely.de> <20050124124250.A27718@pix.net> <20050124.201048.21921498.imp@bsdimp.com> <41F5BD37.8020407@errno.com>

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* Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> [2005-01-24 19:29 -0800]:
> M. Warner Losh wrote:
> >The real reason that they are there is that ttyd waits for carrier
> >detect, while cua doesn't.
> 
> Non-blocking open followed by block on read/write and/or select dealt 
> with that long ago.

But can you use the device for dialing out while an application is
waiting in a select on it?

Nicolas



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