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Re: Switching Modem to Data
On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 07:47:48AM +1100, Keith Gray wrote:
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 21, 1999 at 06:42:48AM -0500, Lane Lester wrote:
> > I do understand, too, that in newer kernels, the cua ports will be all
> > there is, and ttyS will go away entirely, or at least, I _think_ that's
> > what I understand.
>
> ...or visa versa
Vice versa, certainly. It simply is _not_ my week.
But you know, I've had a difficult time finding an authoritative
reference for this change. Any pointers, Keith?
> I think you will find that the ttySx is the prefered standard because it
> allows the same device name and lock file for inbound and outbound...
> /dev/modem is usually just a symbolic link.
No question about /dev/modem being deprecated... but I believe the
original question was ttyS v. cua, and that's a slightly different
situation.
Cheers,
-- jra
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