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Subject: Re: Serial Driver Name Question (kernels 2.4.x)
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"Michael H. Warfield" wrote:
> 
> The trouble there is the problem with conventional lock files under
> /var/lock which only use the base name of the device name so cua/42
> and cuf/42 both have the same lock file of /var/lock/LCK..42 and
> would collide.

OK, thanks.  So it looks like we stick with

	http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/2.4/2.4.18-pre2/tty_name.patch

Which just puts %d's at the end of all the device names in the
non-devfs case.

I'll have another go at that patch, check for missed drivers,
then send it out again.  OK?
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