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

H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-10T16:04:46Z

Jon Smirl wrote:
>
> BSD has /dev/vc/0 right? I suspect that code is there to support BSD
> and make the app portable.
>

I think it was there to support devfs.

> As far as I know the only time Linux has ever had /dev/vc/0 was during
> the brief excursion into devfs land. At that time /proc/tty/drivers
> was modified to support devfs. But now devfs has been removed and the
> device has reverted back to tty0. But /proc/tty/drivers wasn't
> adjusted for devfs removal.
>

Agreed.

-hpa