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Is There a Reason for Limited "/dev/com" to 16 Ports?
- From: Paul Rogers <prrogers at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:34:04 -0400
- Subject: Is There a Reason for Limited "/dev/com" to 16 Ports?
Should "devices.in" really have a limit of 16 "/dev/com" ports when the
"ttyS" ports are allowed up to 64 values (max of 63 since it is a
zero-based index)?
I changed the upper limit on the "com" range for 1.5.25 to "64" along
with the "ttyS" range and it compiles and allows using the "/dev/com"
aliases above 16 ports without a problem.
Yet when using a recent snapshot only "ttyS" ports work above the 16th
port. The "/dev/com" identifiers beyond "16" do not open.
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