From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] minitty: a minimal TTY layer alternative for embedded systems Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:47:42 -0700 Message-ID: <87pogur0y9.fsf@firstfloor.org> References: <20170401222119.25106-1-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170401222119.25106-1-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> (Nicolas Pitre's message of "Sat, 1 Apr 2017 18:21:14 -0400") Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Nicolas Pitre Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org Nicolas Pitre writes: > > Of course, making it "mini" means there are limitations to what it does: > > - This supports serial ports only. No VT's, no PTY's. No PTYs seems like a big limitation. This means no sshd? > But again, most small embedded systems simply don't need those things. They don't need a (debug) way to login over the network? Hard to believe. Most of the other stuff we could indeed do without even on larger systems. -Andi From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: andi@firstfloor.org (Andi Kleen) Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:47:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] minitty: a minimal TTY layer alternative for embedded systems In-Reply-To: <20170401222119.25106-1-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> (Nicolas Pitre's message of "Sat, 1 Apr 2017 18:21:14 -0400") References: <20170401222119.25106-1-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> Message-ID: <87pogur0y9.fsf@firstfloor.org> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Nicolas Pitre writes: > > Of course, making it "mini" means there are limitations to what it does: > > - This supports serial ports only. No VT's, no PTY's. No PTYs seems like a big limitation. This means no sshd? > But again, most small embedded systems simply don't need those things. They don't need a (debug) way to login over the network? Hard to believe. Most of the other stuff we could indeed do without even on larger systems. -Andi