Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:57:45 -0400 | From | "Jon Smirl" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Clean up old names in tty code to current names |
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On 7/10/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> 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.
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