On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Ed Schouten <ed_at_80386.nl> wrote: > * Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> so, for now, i think we should keep rfcomm_sppd(1) as it is. if this >> is not an option (with new tty subsystem) then we should convert it to >> use nmdm(4) or something similar. > > Well, the problem with the current approach is that if you remove > "device pty" from your kernel config, it won't work. With MPSAFE TTY we > switched to Unix98-style pseudo-terminals, so the preferred mechanism is > to call posix_openpt() (or open /dev/ptmx) and use ptsname() to > determine which character device to use. is there a way allocate tty with a given name under "new world order"? > I won't change anything now, but will keep my patch at the before > mentioned URL. like i said, the only problem i have here is that any rfcomm_sppd callers will have to do extra work to figure which tty was allocated. that is the biggest difference from user's point of view. thanks, max > > -- > Ed Schouten <ed_at_80386.nl> > WWW: http://80386.nl/ >Received on Tue Feb 17 2009 - 17:03:51 UTC
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