Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:04:31 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Clean up old names in tty code to current names |
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Jon Smirl wrote: > > BSD has /dev/vc/0 right? I suspect that code is there to support BSD > and make the app portable. >
I think it was there to support devfs.
> As far as I know the only time Linux has ever had /dev/vc/0 was during > the brief excursion into devfs land. At that time /proc/tty/drivers > was modified to support devfs. But now devfs has been removed and the > device has reverted back to tty0. But /proc/tty/drivers wasn't > adjusted for devfs removal. >
Agreed.
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