In message <20041103111813.GB13047_at_nagual.pp.ru>, Andrey Chernov writes: >On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 12:15:34PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> Because if you open a serial port and it defaults to echo, you may end up in >> an "echo-war" with the other end before you ever get a chance to call >> ioctl and disable echoing. > >Well, use TTYDEF_LFLAG_NOECHO I suggest for that case and leave >user-visible default untouched to not break userland programs. How many pieces of software know about TTYDEF_* outside our sourcecode ? Most of it would be bogus I think, software should record the current state and restore that, not mangle it with defaults. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Wed Nov 03 2004 - 10:20:34 UTC
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