Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:03:49 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: IFF_NEEDSGIANT consumers to be disabled, removed Message-ID: <bb4a86c70902171003v1a85b077p923e4e0e3fa1436d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090217175512.GG79178@hoeg.nl> References: <20080526110543.J26343@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902161233440.5806@fledge.watson.org> <4999F7F9.4030204@elischer.org> <499A024A.60209@protected-networks.net> <20090217110524.GC79178@hoeg.nl> <499A9C9D.3000403@protected-networks.net> <20090217115651.GE79178@hoeg.nl> <bb4a86c70902170950u7ec9523fl4e39360b71b66d59@mail.gmail.com> <20090217175512.GG79178@hoeg.nl>
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote: > * Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> wrote: >> so, for now, i think we should keep rfcomm_sppd(1) as it is. if this >> is not an option (with new tty subsystem) then we should convert it to >> use nmdm(4) or something similar. > > Well, the problem with the current approach is that if you remove > "device pty" from your kernel config, it won't work. With MPSAFE TTY we > switched to Unix98-style pseudo-terminals, so the preferred mechanism is > to call posix_openpt() (or open /dev/ptmx) and use ptsname() to > determine which character device to use. is there a way allocate tty with a given name under "new world order"? > I won't change anything now, but will keep my patch at the before > mentioned URL. like i said, the only problem i have here is that any rfcomm_sppd callers will have to do extra work to figure which tty was allocated. that is the biggest difference from user's point of view. thanks, max > > -- > Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> > WWW: http://80386.nl/ >
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