On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:27:57 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 4. [not quite easy] The CCD device ditto.
> Earn brownie points: Make ccdconfig use sysctl instead of
> libkvm to read back configuration.
Anyone who decides to tackle this one is likely to have the wherewithall
t
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Narvi writes:
: It's more the argument of "why do it *significantly* differently from
: others?"
VMS has done the PTYx: since the mid 80's :-)
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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg Lehey writes:
>On Sunday, 15 August 1999 at 12:27:57 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>
>> Well, autumn and winter is on us pretty soon. At least on my
>> lattitude that means hot tea inside warm and cosy houses while the
>> elements do their best to make life
On Sunday, 15 August 1999 at 12:27:57 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> Well, autumn and winter is on us pretty soon. At least on my
> lattitude that means hot tea inside warm and cosy houses while the
> elements do their best to make life misserable for anything still
> left on the outside.
>
Narvi wrote:
>
> > >So why not instead:
> >
> > I think that is needlessly complicated.
>
> It's a direct extension to the present tty naming scheme.
That's what he said: it's needlessly complicated.
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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Narvi
writes:
>> I think that is needlessly complicated.
>
>It's a direct extension to the present tty naming scheme.
That doesn't automatically imply that it is a good idea :-)
>> I think tty%05d would solve all but the third of your objections,
>
>The first wa
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Narvi
>writes:
> >
> >On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >>
> >> 7. [medium] The current naming for ptys doesn't scale that
> >>well. Changing it to ttyp%d / pty%d would pro
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Narvi
writes:
>
>On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>
>> 7. [medium] The current naming for ptys doesn't scale that
>> well. Changing it to ttyp%d / pty%d would probably be a
>> good idea in the long run, but the ramificatio
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
[snip]
>
> 7. [medium] The current naming for ptys doesn't scale that
> well. Changing it to ttyp%d / pty%d would probably be a
> good idea in the long run, but the ramifications are
> relatively widespread (think: "ports")
