From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
To: Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <Linux-Kernel@Vger.Kernel.ORG>,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] n_tty: Remove LINEMODE support
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:08:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54BEA7B2.2060708@hurleysoftware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54BEA0E0.9080807@symas.com>
On 01/20/2015 01:39 PM, Howard Chu wrote:
> Peter Hurley wrote:
>> On 01/19/2015 02:43 PM, Howard Chu wrote:
[...]
>> So it's really back to the question of, does allowing EXTPROC for regular
>> ttys have _value_?
>
> Does preventing it have value?
Not that that is the appropriate metric for kernel behavior,
but yes, preventing it has value: it significantly limits
the matrix required for testing.
> I like having the option of turning linemode on and off in a session, for debugging purposes if nothing else.
... which is just as achievable with a pty-specific ioctl.
Regards,
Peter Hurley
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-20 19:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-18 21:30 [PATCH] n_tty: Remove LINEMODE support Peter Hurley
2015-01-18 22:09 ` Howard Chu
2015-01-18 22:22 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-18 22:44 ` Howard Chu
2015-01-18 23:06 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-19 4:55 ` Theodore Ts'o
2015-01-19 16:34 ` Peter Hurley
[not found] ` <54BC3771.7030204@symas.com>
[not found] ` <54BC5EC7.1090202@hurleysoftware.com>
2015-01-19 12:46 ` Howard Chu
2015-01-19 14:57 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-19 16:36 ` Howard Chu
2015-01-19 19:09 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-19 19:43 ` Howard Chu
2015-01-20 18:02 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-20 18:39 ` Howard Chu
2015-01-20 18:51 ` Howard Chu
2015-01-20 19:08 ` Peter Hurley [this message]
2015-01-20 18:16 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-19 20:31 ` Howard Chu
2015-01-20 14:53 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-20 17:20 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-19 19:40 ` Peter Hurley
2015-01-19 16:37 ` Theodore Ts'o
2015-01-19 17:26 ` Peter Hurley
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