On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote:
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> * Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@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"?

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> 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

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>  Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
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