linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] detour TTY driver

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Message-ID: <20100824231641.33d5679b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:16:41 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Samo Pogacnik <samo_pogacnik@....net>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-embedded <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] detour TTY driver - now ttyprintk

> Why does this need to be a tty driver?  Why not a misc device?

So you can use it as a"console" (in the user space sense) tty device on
embedded devices which don't have a meaningful normal output subsystem.

Alan
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