From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Mikado <mikado4vn@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Virtual Serial Port
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:47:41 +0100 (MET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0603251945100.29793@yvahk01.tjqt.qr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <442582B8.8040403@gmail.com>
>My machine has only one serial port. Now I want to add more *software*
>(virtual) serial ports. I also want to make a virtual serial cable
>between a real serial port and a virtual one OR between virtual ports.
>Is there any way to solve that problem in our universe?
You could write a device driver implementing virtual serial ports. Then you
just add an ioctl that connects/disconnects virtual ports to real ports if
desired.
I do not quite see what this would be good for, but I am sure it's
good for learning or for fun. :)
Jan Engelhardt
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-25 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-25 17:49 Virtual Serial Port Mikado
2006-03-25 18:47 ` Jan Engelhardt [this message]
2006-03-26 2:23 ` Mikado
2006-03-26 3:27 ` Anderson Lizardo
2006-03-26 9:31 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-26 17:09 ` Mikado
2006-03-26 18:52 ` Petr Vandrovec
2006-03-27 3:29 ` Mikado
2006-03-26 16:07 ` Glynn Clements
2006-03-27 11:25 ` Holy Aavu
2006-03-27 17:29 ` Glynn Clements
2006-03-28 5:53 ` Holy Aavu
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