On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Bart Vandewoestyne wrote: > As an assignment for a school-project, i have to make 2 computers > communicate with each other over a null modem. A Dutch version of the > assignment is online at http://mc303.ulyssis.org/downloads/Opgave2.jpg > > After some considerations, i guess C is a good language to use for > implementation for this project. Next step is figuring out _how_ to > do it. > > I already discovered the Serial-Programming howto, but there is still > one important question that i would like to ask: > > Is it necessary to write a kernel module for this or would this be a > major overkill and can everything be done in userspace by just opening > and writing to /dev/ttySX ? No Kernel Hacking Required (tm) You should be able to achieve everything in userland, by banging on the serial ports. Zwane -- http://function.linuxpower.ca -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
