Re: [PATCH] Clean up old names in tty code to current names

[Jon Smirl]

On 7/10/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Before the change /proc/tty/drivers shows this:
> >
> > [jonsmirl@jonsmirl ~]$ cat /proc/tty/drivers
> > /dev/tty             /dev/tty        5       0 system:/dev/tty
> > /dev/console         /dev/console    5       1 system:console
> > /dev/ptmx            /dev/ptmx       5       2 system
> > /dev/vc/0            /dev/vc/0       4       0 system:vtmaster
>
> vtmaster was /dev/tty0 in 2.2.x, changed to /dev/vc/0 probably
> because of devfs. I would tend to agree with the change of at least
> this part.
>
> A few apps do rely on /proc/tty/drivers for the major-minor
> to device name mapping. /dev/vc/0 does not exist (unless
> created manually) without devfs.

This is why I questioned if /proc/tty was really in use, it contains
an entry that is obviously wrong for my system.

--
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx
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