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Re: Is There a Reason for Limited "/dev/com" to 16 Ports?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:28:24 -0400
- Subject: Re: Is There a Reason for Limited "/dev/com" to 16 Ports?
- References: <48581FBC.7020801@gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 04:34:04PM -0400, Paul Rogers wrote:
>Should "devices.in" really have a limit of 16 "/dev/com" ports when the
>"ttyS" ports are allowed up to 64 values (max of 63 since it is a
>zero-based index)?
You really should be using /dev/ttyS for linux compatibility. The fact
that there is a /dev/com at all is really an artifact of the old device
implementation.
cgf
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