Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] minitty: a minimal TTY layer alternative for embedded systems

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2017, Andi Kleen wrote:

> I like the idea of mintty (if it supported ptys).

In fact PTYs could probably be implemented like another UART driver for 
the master side.

But that may come later.

> Except for that (and possibly VT) it is unlikely that people really
> rely on the obsolete terminal features from the 70ies. So it's a kind
> of cleanup.

I wouldn't push for replacing the existing code though. It is stable and 
full featured. The mini version may well never be fully standard 
compliant to keep the code small.


Nicolas