I think it is not wise to generalize from no specific examples. You
need at least two specific examples before you can generalize.
In your case, I would like to know things such as:
- what specific hardware you want to support (vendor, model)?
- what is the specific interface the hardware uses (adaptor interface,
software protocols)?
- what is the specific application you want to use this hardware for?
The things you have been talking about (modems and printers) do have
standard interfaces in /dev, and the software that uses them (ppp,
uucp, lpd) knows how to use it. So I don't the the problem.
Martin
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