On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 01:40:36PM +0000, E Justin M Rowles wrote:
> Martin DiViaio wrote:
> > This depends on the kernel version. The 2.2 kernels will complain that
> > /dev/cua* is depreciated and you should use /dev/ttyS*
> Really?
Yes really. For any X, /dev/cuaX and /dev/ttySX are interchangable for
any modern application. The cuaX devices exist for largely historical
reasons and were used for communications apps; however, they are not
necessary any more and the kernel developers are phasing them out.
If you have a PCMCIA modem then you should really be using /dev/modem
because the card manager will create this as a symbolic link to the
correct device. Older versions linked it to /dev/cuaX but newer ones
use /dev/ttySX.
imc
