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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!myall.awadi.com.au!myall!blymn From: blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Slcompress -- enforce HW flow-control, patch Date: 23 Jul 1993 10:24:08 GMT Organization: AWA Defence Industries Pty. Ltd. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <BLYMN.93Jul23195409@siren.awadi.com.au> References: <21f6er$2v7@max.in-berlin.de> <21v57mINN7n@kralizec.zeta.org.au> <BLYMN.93Jul16204321@mallee.awadi.com.au> <CAAo67.K0o@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: siren.awadi.com.au In-reply-to: peter@NeoSoft.com's message of Sat, 17 Jul 1993 05:49:18 GMT >>>>> On Sat, 17 Jul 1993 05:49:18 GMT, peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) said: Peter> In article <BLYMN.93Jul16204321@mallee.awadi.com.au> blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn) writes: > Yup, also there is some question where to stop. I mean should we > allocate a minor number for each baud rate? :-) (I am NOT serious!!!) Peter> Nah, use the file system switch to simulate the Amiga serial device syntax: Peter> /dev/sio00/clocal/19200/cs8/crtscts Close but a bit limiting how about: /dev/sio/io@3f8,4/clocal/19200/cs8/crtscts So that you can build the i/o address and irq into the file system as well. :-) <--- for the humour impaired. -- Brett Lymn