Is There a Reason for Limited "/dev/com" to 16 Ports?

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 04:34:04PM -0400, Paul Rogers wrote:
>Should "devices.in" really have a limit of 16 "/dev/com" ports when the
>"ttyS" ports are allowed up to 64 values (max of 63 since it is a
>zero-based index)?

You really should be using /dev/ttyS for linux compatibility.  The fact
that there is a /dev/com at all is really an artifact of the old device
implementation.

cgf

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/