On Saturday 30 June 2001 11:54, Steven Smith wrote:
> > My question: Are both of these device
>
> files functionally identical since
>
> > they share the same major and minor
>
> numbers?
>
> Normally. The device driver will be the same.
>
> On the other hand, devfs might be configured
> to load extra modules when, say, /dev/ttS01
> is used, but not /dev/pilot. Most systems
> don't use devfs, so that isn't a problem, but
> if yours does, you might get some odd
> behaviour.
>
> If /dev/.devfsd exists, you probably use
> devfs, and the easiest thing is then to
> experiment a bit. Otherwise, you don't, and
> the files should be functionally identical.
>
Thanks for the response. I just did an 'ls' on /dev/.devfsd and got a "no
such file or directory" so I am probably not using devfs. 'ps ax' also does
not show devfs, which I assume it would if it were running as a daemon.
>From the little tinkering I have been doing, it looks like /dev/pilot is
working just fine, so I am not going to bother to build a link to /dev/ttyS01.
> Steven Smith,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cheers,
Sean
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