On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, David Hinds wrote:
> > In 2.2 releases it used to be ttyS1, in test2-pre5 it returned to that
> > value and now back again to ttyS04.
>
> I don't know the reason for the change. But so what? You should
> never rely on or care which tty is assigned to a PCMCIA device. There
> has never been a guarantee that the tty would be the same even from
> one boot to the next. That's why you should instead use the link to
> /dev/modem instead; that will always point to the right device.
This is the link to modem that is automatically created:
/dev/modem -> /dev/tulip_cb
Of course /dev/tulip_cb doesn't exist.
Not really very useful :(
# cardctl -V
cardctl version 3.1.8
This is the one that comes with rh6.2.
Pau
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Jun 26 2000 - 21:00:08 EST