On Oct 17, 2007, at 7:27 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 04:20:47PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: >> A: No. >> Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? >> >> On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 06:53:07PM -0400, Jay York wrote: >>> Can you say, "telnet?" Can you say, "pty?" >> >> I might be totally missing something, but how to you send line >> speed and >> flow control settings over telnet? Even with a pty, you can't do >> that. >> >> Here's a bit more information. This device is a box, that you plug a >> ethernet cable into, and a serial port comes out of. On the >> remote end, >> you connect to the device, and it needs to look like you are directly >> controling that serial port, line settings and flow control and all. > > Oh, and some of these devices are 1 ethernet, multiple serial ports, > requiring the protocol to support multiple endpoints on the same TCP > connection. Again, just like usb-serial devices. > 1. It's called a console server, or a terminal server, depending on whether it performs the multiplexing or demultiplexing function. These have been around for twenty years, and they don't require device drivers. 2. To reiterate: a) this is a solved problem, b) with a strictly user-space solution. 3. Greg, kindly take me off this list. Deregister me, deactivate my account, whatever. Thanks. -Jay > thanks, > > greg k-h > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel at linuxdriverproject.org > http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
