Re: flexfax: Need help on Linux

[Carsten Hoeger <choeger@suse.de>]

On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> 
> >   Historically, Linux used cuaX devices for dial out and ttySx devices
> >   for dial in.
> > 
> >   The kernel code that required this was changed in kernel version 2.0.x
> >   and you should now use ttySx for both dial in and dial out. I
> >   understand that the cuaX device names may well disappear in future
> >   kernel versions.
> 
> But you can't count on all the serial-board vendors doing the same thing.
> Some contunue to have different operation for cu* and tty*.

Can you explain, what you mean?
What have different serial-boards from different serial-board vendors to
do with the Linux kernel's dialin/dialout feature?

mfG,
	Carsten Hoeger
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