Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:22:33 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Serial ports guru help is needed Message-ID: <CAJ_iqtbzX0jpwV%2BH3cg0kcm6m32_p-AMyx0OqkPfJaH2BcLX5w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <617393b9-a860-e9b4-c101-4599bbba594f@passap.ru> References: <617393b9-a860-e9b4-c101-4599bbba594f@passap.ru>
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Hello, I'm not a serial guru, but I have used serial extensively over the past 20 - 40 years. On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> wrote: > Hi All! > > > A user proposed some changes to deal with serial ports I do not quite > understand (and tend to not agree with). Can a serial ports guru take > a look at the PR: > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211101 > and comment here (or at the PR if you wish) on proposed changes (for > serial ports changes). > > In brief (as I understand). Currently there is a support for cua* ports > only (no support for tty* ports). The proposed changes restrict using > cua* but allow tty* ports, which will act like cua* ports. > > As for me I'll add tty* ports without removing cua*. Sounds like the best way forward, IMHO. cua and tty ports have existed for a long time, they each fulfil a role, and they are not the same. One or the other should not be removed unless a _good_ reason (be it technical or practical) is explained here, IMNSHO. Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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