linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tty/serial: Add a serial port simulator

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Message-ID: <447407be-0f49-f29d-6e81-bf4ed0a6e56b@zytor.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:39:12 -0700
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, cminyard@...sta.com
Cc:     minyard@....org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tty/serial: Add a serial port simulator

Dumb question: this is basically a pty on steroids. Wouldn't this be
better done by enhancing the pty devices?

	-0hpa