Re: [REVIEW] move tty lock/initial up in the stack

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:57:36 -0600 (MDT) · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:37:58 UTC

In message: <61609.1087632958_at_critter.freebsd.dk>
            Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: This patch moves the "lock/initial" facility known from sio(4) up
: to the generic tty layer.
: 
: It adds two new flags to stty(1): -i and -l to manipulate the initial
: and lock states and eliminates the tty[il]d# and cua[il]a# devices.

I like this idea a *LOT*.

: Subsequently I would like to move the tty/cua split up as well.

How would this look to the various drivers?

Warner