Re: [PATCH] SIIG 8-port serial boards support

[Kilau, Scott]

Hi everyone,
(Sorry for the ugly copy/paste here, grabbing from a web browser to
email)

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:02:13PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> Finally, let me explain why I favour the termios solution.  The
biggest
> (and most important) aspect is that it allows existing applications
> such as minicom and gettys to work as expected - getting the correct
> handshaking mode that they desire without having to change userspace.

What about creating a "struct termiox".
Yeah, it creates a new ioctl, but it is a pretty standard
ioctl among Unix's.

I know adding termiox calls has been brought up before in
the past, and of course, nothing ever gets added...

Scott



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