Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We could implement an entirely new TCSETS/TCGETS/TCSETSA/SAW which used > different B* values so B9600 was 9600 etc and the data was stored in > c_ospeed/c_ispeed type separate fields and we'd support arbitary speeds > for input and output once and for all, shoot all the multiplier hacks > etc. As it happens the kernel code for this is easy owing to some > fortuitous good design long ago in the tty layer. I think it makes most sense. > We could also implement a Linux "improved" TCSET* new set of ioctls that > had sensible speed fields, utf-8 characters for the _cc[] array and new > flags for all the utf-8 handling and the like. That would be less > compatible though. I think compatibility at the source level is good here. UTF-8 looks nice, though. I think it could remain compatible - c_cc[] could grow into array of multibyte characters with: #define VINTR 0 #define VQUIT (1 * n) #define VERASE (2 * n) #define VKILL (3 * n) where n is max number of UTF-8 bytes (5 for 32-bit UCS?) I'm not sure if UTF-8 control codes are needed in practice, though (I mean I just don't know). > Or we could just add a standardised extra set of speed ioctls, but then > we need to decide what occurs if I set the speed and then issue a > termios call - does it override or not. A bit messy I think. I think the first way is much better. Especially when we have multiple changes (speed and UTF-8, for example). >> Not sure if we want int, uint, or long long for speed values :-) > > You want speed_t according to POSIX. Sure, I meant what does speed_t resolve to. > I've no idea what the glibc impact of this kind of thing would be > (consider new glibc, old kernel etc). I've cc'd the libc folks but I am > not sure it is practical to do. While obviously I'm not glibc (nor termios) expert I don't think we should expect problems. New glibc would just issue the old ioctl if the new one isn't available. I think similar things are already in place. Glibc could be compiled with minimum kernel version = 2.6.20 or so to assume the new ioctls are always present. -- Krzysztof Halasa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html