ttyd0/cuad0 - why is there still this duality ?

[Bernd Walter]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:30:43AM +0100, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
> Just a question. Maybe it isn't true but to me it seems there
> is still this duality between ttyd and cuad serial devices.
> 
> Why is that? I'm just asking because someone I was talking with 
> about modems an comm programs was 'criticising' this fact
> in FreeBSD "while other systems long have abandoned this dualism"?

Because modems are still used for dial-in and dial-out.
tty handing out to getty and cua to the dial out process.
Moreover this handling was recently added for usb serials under
-current.
If other systems loose features - well it's their problem.

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