Re: Re (2): monitorless server; was Re: FTP server on a Sparc 2.

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> consdev is a virtual device that has pointers to the read and write
> routines.  If you have a keyboard and display, you already have the
> read and write vectors pointing to different drivers.  Swapping one
> of them for the serial port read or write routine is trivial.  wscons
> precludes that.

Really?

What prevents using wscons's output routine and some serial line's
input routine, for example?

As far as I can see, the answer is "nobody's bothered".

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