From: alfie@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Nick Holloway) Subject: Re: The Linux Device List Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 09:36:04 GMT
In <KREJ.93Apr29005847@eat.electrum.kth.se> krej@electrum.kth.se (Kristian Ejvind) writes:
> 3) it is clearer than the proposed naming, all serial lines have a
> capital letter, nonserial don't.
I personally don't like ttyS0 as the serial line. I think clearing
out the namespace for pty's is important. I think Linus muttered about
moving the pty's to their own major device, allowing a full 256 pty's.
These would have the name /dev/[pt]ty[p-zP-T][0-9a-f]. Even if Linux
stays with the current 64(?) pty's, there is less chance for confusion.
I prefer the tty00 etc for the serial lines. However, the naming for
the virtual consoles needs some thought. As somebody pointed out,
tty00 is a serial line, but tty10 is a virtual console! I had thought
of tty`letter'`digit', but what letter? A `c'? Also, I didn't realise
that 24 virtual consoles was possible, which rules out `[0-9a-f]' as
the set for digits.
No real suggestions, just thoughts...