From: nigel@gamble.uucp (Nigel Gamble) Subject: Re: The Linux Device List Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 02:39:53 GMT
In <1rokl2INNkvq@rave.larc.nasa.gov> jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov () writes:
>Just a stupid thought...why not let the serial lines be tty00-tty99
>and let the virtual consoles be con00-con99
This is a very good idea. I have never liked the Linux serial port
naming, whether ttys0 or ttyS0. Why not use this scheme, which gives
more or less unix standard names to serial ports (i.e. tty00), and
renames the virtual consoles to avoid any clash?
It seems logical that console devices should be named con00-con99 and
serial devices should be called by their historical names of tty00-tty99.
-- Nigel Gamble gamble!nigel@uunet.UU.NET Boca Raton, FL, USA. uunet!gamble!nigel