From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 9CA511EF6B4; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:26:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 153EC1EF56E for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:26:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (d-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.158.174] (may be forged)) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r6JFQEHB031935 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:26:15 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r6JFQEFf013360 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:26:14 -0400 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: ot memory allocation question In-reply-to: <87bo5ywpb4.fsf@mushroom.PK5001Z> References: <41356f9b-e7c3-4522-b960-142abea1cedd@default> <87fvvawwrj.fsf@mushroom.PK5001Z> <9998.1374246119@ccs.covici.com> <87bo5ywpb4.fsf@mushroom.PK5001Z> Comments: In-reply-to Chris Brannon message dated "Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:18:55 -0700." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:26:14 -0400 Message-ID: <13359.1374247574@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-r6JFQEHB031935 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.2 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:26:17 -0000 What is a tty line discipline? Lets figure this out and do it -- ask the kernel people for some documentation if necessary. Chris Brannon wrote: > covici@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > So could we use this inspeakup to write and read from a serial device -- > > thus circumventing most of our serial problems? > > No. We discussed this several years ago, and we concluded that it won't > work. It's pretty much infeasible to use the tty devices (/dev/ttyS*) > from kernel space. That discussion might be available in the list > archives. I've been told that the solution to our serial problems in > Speakup is to write a tty line discipline. I don't really understand > how to do it. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com