Re: Serial port over TCP/IP

[Michael Buesch <freesoftwaredeveloper@web.de>]

On Sunday 06 April 2003 23:12, Jeff Randall wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 10:47:45PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > On Sunday 06 April 2003 22:14, Jeff Randall wrote:
> > > Yes, it would be very possible to do.
> >
> > Yes, but after Rob posted this script
> >[...]
> > do you think it's still neccessary to develop a driver?
> > I don't think so.
>
> Depends what kind of flexiblity you want.  If you have no need to support
> IOCTL's remotely, that script is probably sufficient.

Hm, that's the point. I don't know if ioctls are needed, because I'm not the
user of this "network COM-port", but only the possible developer. :)
I'll ask the person, who requested this feature tomorrow.

I think ioctls might be needed for his application. But the simple
nc-script doesn't provide them.

One thing is clear: For server-side there is no need for kernel-support.
But for the client kernel-support might be the best solution.

Regards Michael Buesch.

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