Re: [PATCH] Clean up old names in tty code to current names

Jon Smirl
2006-07-10T14:57:48Z

On 7/10/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Before the change /proc/tty/drivers shows this:
> >
> > [jonsmirl@jonsmirl ~]$ cat /proc/tty/drivers
> > /dev/tty /dev/tty 5 0 system:/dev/tty
> > /dev/console /dev/console 5 1 system:console
> > /dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx 5 2 system
> > /dev/vc/0 /dev/vc/0 4 0 system:vtmaster
>
> vtmaster was /dev/tty0 in 2.2.x, changed to /dev/vc/0 probably
> because of devfs. I would tend to agree with the change of at least
> this part.
>
> A few apps do rely on /proc/tty/drivers for the major-minor
> to device name mapping. /dev/vc/0 does not exist (unless
> created manually) without devfs.

This is why I questioned if /proc/tty was really in use, it contains
an entry that is obviously wrong for my system.

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Jon Smirl
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