From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2135 invoked by alias); 18 Jun 2008 00:28:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 2127 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Jun 2008 00:28:51 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-71-248-179-123.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO ednor.cgf.cx) (71.248.179.123) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:28:26 +0000 Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id D7B212D31EC; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:28:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:06:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Is There a Reason for Limited "/dev/com" to 16 Ports? Message-ID: <20080618002824.GA16859@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <48581FBC.7020801@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48581FBC.7020801@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-06/txt/msg00340.txt.bz2 On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 04:34:04PM -0400, Paul Rogers wrote: >Should "devices.in" really have a limit of 16 "/dev/com" ports when the >"ttyS" ports are allowed up to 64 values (max of 63 since it is a >zero-based index)? You really should be using /dev/ttyS for linux compatibility. The fact that there is a /dev/com at all is really an artifact of the old device implementation. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/