From: ssd@engr.ucf.edu (Steven Dick) Subject: Re: The great serial device naming controversy.... Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 05:04:10 GMT
In article <1993May27.161345.4844@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com writes:
[...]
>I'd like to insist that this actually be a requirement, that /dev/modem
>exist and point to the main serial/modem port.
The problem with doing this is that it gives two handles available to the
same serial port--which in it self is not bad-- but often the lockfile names
are based on the serial port name, and it is REALLY bad to have the possibility
of two ways to get to a serial port with two different lock files!!
It is best if you can give your serial ports just one name.
Steve
ssd@engr.ucf.edu