linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] minitty: a minimal TTY layer alternative for embedded systems

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Message-ID: <87pogur0y9.fsf@firstfloor.org>
Date:   Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:47:42 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:     Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] minitty: a minimal TTY layer alternative for embedded systems

Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org> writes:
>
> Of course, making it "mini" means there are limitations to what it does:
>
> - This supports serial ports only. No VT's, no PTY's.

No PTYs seems like a big limitation. This means no sshd?

> But again, most small embedded systems simply don't need those things.

They don't need a (debug) way to login over the network? Hard to
believe.

Most of the other stuff we could indeed do without even on larger
systems.

-Andi