On 08/30/2018 09:53 AM, Peter Suetterlin wrote:
James, I'm the last one that wants to get rid of serial ports. We (at work) depend a lot on them. Still, creating 32 device files for millions of users where only a handfull has actually more than one or two installed is somewhat bloated IMHO.
As I mentioned, I suspect this sort of thing was inherited from Unix practice, back when serial ports were common. Also, how much in the way of resources does this consume? Software designed to handle multiple devices, as was what I wrote for my IMSAI, can handle any practical number of them. What is the harm of having that? When I look in /dev, I see a lot of devices that I never use, yet support has to be there for those who do. BTW, I just looked at my system and see 64 tty and 32 ttyS listed. How much memory, CPU, etc., do they consume, if not connected to anything? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org