Bill Mitchell wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Peter Tobias wrote: > > >IMHO we should change our comm packages for Debian 1.2 to use > >/dev/ttyS* instead of /dev/cua*: > > I'm hardly expert in standard practices in this area, but I'm > under the impression that the cua* devices are for dial-out. > > This may not be definitive, but I note the following in > /usr/source/linux/Documentation/devices.txt:
The reasons why this should be changed were part of the mail from Theodore Ts'o. The cua devices use a kernel based locking mechanism which can't be used in all situations. For example I have to use the ttyS* devices for mgetty/dip/minicom (dip and minicom won't work with the cua* devices). But that is much better explained in the mail from Theodore Ts'o. Thanks, Peter -- Peter Tobias EMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
