Re: ldattach(8) alike util in NetBSD?

[Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>]

Am 16.02.15 um 18:58 schrieb Christos Zoulas:
> In article <54E19D8B.8010508%msys.ch@localhost>, Marc Balmer  <marc%msys.ch@localhost> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 16.02.15 um 02:52 schrieb Dave Huang:
>>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 11:26:48PM +0100, Fredrik Pettai wrote:
>>>> Hmmm, it doesnâ??t seem to work wellâ?Š
>>>>
>>>> rpi# slattach (-l) -n -s 460800 /dev/ttyU0 (or ttyU1)
>>>> slattach: TIOCSLINED: Device not configured
>>>
>>> Are you actually trying to attach a line discipline, or do you just
>>> want to set the baud rate? If you only need to set the baud rate, try
>>> stty. E.g., stty -f /dev/ttyU0 460800
>>>
>>> slattach is for attaching a SLIP (sl) network device to the serial
>>> port.
>>
>> Actually that is not correct.  In NetBSD, slattach is used to attach
>> _any_ line discipline (by name).
> 
> We should install a copy as ldattach and have the line-discipline setting
> optional if it is invoked as ldattach (instead of trying slip).

Why should we do that?