Re: Difference between /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/cua0

From: Grant Edwards (grante_at_visi.com)
Date: 11/03/04 

Date: 03 Nov 2004 14:48:38 GMT

On 2004-11-03, Meindert Sprang <mhsprang@NOcustomSPAMware.nl> wrote:
> "Grant Edwards" <grante@visi.com> wrote in message
> news:418854d4$0$33065$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com...
>> Use of /dev/cuaN devices has been depreciated for years (since
>> kernel 2.1), and a decently modern distro won't even have the
>> cua devices. The /dev/cuaN devices (major number 5) are absent
>> in 2.4 and later.
>
> Ok, my turn: Wrong. Slackware 10 (kernel 2.4 I believe) still has 'em.....

Interesting. Are they a different major number (5, IIRC) than
the /dev/ttySN devices (4), or are they just alternative names
for the same devices? 

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