Re: [ANNOUNCE] OSS Proxy using CUSE
From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu Aug 28 2008 - 19:50:32 EST
> serial ports as ptys+userspace a much more capable replacement. It's
> not trivial, though, because the interpretation of the BREAK has to be
> done when received, not when sent, which means supporting a 257th value
> in the underlying buffer setup.
That bit of the problem is trivial. Its the rest of the behavioural
differences that are more of a nightmare - parity, flow control
differences, modem line emulation, being able to hook into things like
ldisc change/termios change.
Break is about a half hour job.
Alan
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