> however i am not understanding why the structure termios is required. > any pointers in this direction ? The termios structure contains various fields to set the serial device baud rate,flow control , parity and various other parameters. For more info , you can have a look at this URL:http://www.easysw.com/~mike/serial/. Regards, Thayumanavar S On 7/27/05, Rahul T <gr8rahul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hello all, > i am writing a serial device driver. > i came across an article on linux journal that stated regrding tty > and serial programming. > however i am not understanding why the structure termios is required. > any pointers in this direction ? > > also i wuld like to know more about serial device drivers. > > thanks in advance > > rahul > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/