On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 07:10:33PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > ... > So, back to this usecase: Will a software someone is using to > talk to logic analyzers, MSOs, oscilloscopes, multimeters, LCR > meters, sound level meters, thermometers, hygrometers, anemometers, > light meters, DAQs, dataloggers, function generators, spectrum > analyzers, power supplies, GPIB interfaces, and more, really > be used on a serial port that is used to log in (the getty usecase) ? > > In general, I guess: No. > > So the change from cua* to tty* is, while not really needed, not > really critical. > ....
Folks might want to (also) consider the use case of a serial console -- and being able to login to it (e.g., if all other access has failed, for an out-of-band communication mechanism with a remote, headless server). Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill da...@catwhisker.org Those who would murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.
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