From: pen@lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson) Subject: Re: [NEW]: The Linux Device List Date: Tue, 11 May 1993 23:58:01 GMT
nathan@sdf.lonestar.org (Nathan Laredo) writes:
>>>> tty[a-d] for the `standard' 4 ports
>>>> tty[e-o][0-f] for multi-port cards (ie tty<card><port>)
>>
>>>Anyone else like this idea?
>>
>>I prefer this scheme too. My vote would go for it.
>Uh-huh.. and what happens to someone with 32 ports on one device
(. Big problem .) Make it "tty[e-o][0-z]" then. That would give you
36 ports/card. If you have a card with more that 36 ports then I suggest
you buy a better machine than a PC. It would probably interrupt itself
to death. Or grab two or more <card> characters. With tty[e-o][0-z] you
could install 792 serial ports and then have fun watching your PC's
interrupt controller go up in smoke. :-)
/Peter