From: Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:24:26 -0600 > In that context it means "auxiliary". As in PS/2 auxiliary device.
So this "auxiliary" is essentially synonymous with "peripheral" or "serial peripheral". > Those three letter device names were in general use before MS-DOS > times. For example most were previously used in CP/M. Interesting, thanks. According to Wikipedia, the PS/2 connection was designed in 1987 and the first release of the Linux kernel was in 1991. Therefore "/dev/psaux" could have appeared in Unix before it appeared in Linux. Whether the first appearance was in Unix or Linux, I would have expected the name to be /dev/ps2 rather than /dev/psaux. But stranger things have happened. Thanks for the insight, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +13606390202 Bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca http://carnot.yi.org/ "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171058014.44557.41639@cantor.invalid