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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clean up old names in tty code to current names
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Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Llu, 2006-07-10 am 10:57 -0400, ysgrifennodd Jon Smirl:
>>> 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.
> 
> Which tools already know about.

True.  I see this code snippet many times:

fd = open("/dev/vc/0", FLAGS);
if (fd == -1)
	fd = open("/dev/tty0", FLAGS);
 
> What is so hard to understand about the
> idea that pointless random changes break stuff and don't fix things.

But since we're killing devfs, changing /dev/vc/0 to /dev/tty0 will be one
of the nails in devfs' coffin :-)

Tony