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

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Jul 10 2006 - 12:02:59 EST


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.

-hpa
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