Cross-reference all of uart(4), tty(4) and termios(4)
Add a BUGS subsection about why, in the vain hope that somebody improves the situation.
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@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ MLINKS+=tap.4 if_tap.4 \
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tap.4 if_vmnet.4
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MLINKS+=tdfx.4 tdfx_linux.4
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MLINKS+=ti.4 if_ti.4
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MLINKS+=tty.4 cua.4
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MLINKS+=tun.4 if_tun.4
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MLINKS+=ure.4 if_ure.4
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MLINKS+=vge.4 if_vge.4
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@@ -1594,4 +1594,15 @@ the values in the header
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.Xr tcsetattr 3 ,
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.Xr tcsetsid 3 ,
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.Xr tty 4 ,
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.Xr uart 4 ,
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.Xr stack 9
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.Sh BUGS
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Before the Internet, serial ports were primarily used for inbound
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connections from terminals, either directly or through modems, these
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days serial ports are primarily used for outbound connections to
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devices, an evolution which unfortunately has spread the relevant
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documentation over three different manual pages:
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.Xr termios 4 ,
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.Xr uart 4 and
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.Xr tty 4 .
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+13
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@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
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This section describes the interface to the terminal drivers
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in the system.
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.Ss Terminal Special Files
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Each hardware terminal port on the system usually has a terminal special device
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file associated with it in the directory ``/dev/'' (for
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example, ``/dev/tty03'').
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Each hardware terminal port on the system has several terminal special device
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files associated with it in the directory ``/dev/'' (for
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example, ``/dev/tty03'' and ``/dev/cua03'').
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When a user logs into
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the system on one of these hardware terminal ports, the system has already
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opened the associated device and prepared the line for normal interactive
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@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ variables.
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.Xr pts 4 ,
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.Xr pty 4 ,
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.Xr termios 4 ,
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.Xr uart 4 ,
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.Xr getty 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A console typewriter device
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@@ -383,3 +384,12 @@ and asynchronous communication interfaces
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.Pa /dev/tty[0-5]
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first appeared in
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.At v1 .
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.Sh BUGS
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Before the Internet, serial ports were primarily used for inbound
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connections from terminals, either directly or through modems, these
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days serial ports are primarily used for outbound connections to
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devices, an evolution which unfortunately has spread the relevant
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documentation over three different manual pages:
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.Xr termios 4 ,
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.Xr uart 4 and
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.Xr tty 4 .
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@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ COM2 instead of COM1 and set the baud rate to 115200.
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.Xr cu 1 ,
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.Xr puc 4 ,
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.Xr scc 4 ,
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.Xr termios 4 ,
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.Xr tty 4 ,
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.Xr ttys 5
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.\"
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.Sh HISTORY
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@@ -389,3 +391,13 @@ The
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.Nm
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device driver and this manual page were written by
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.An Marcel Moolenaar Aq Mt marcel@xcllnt.net .
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.Sh BUGS
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Before the Internet, serial ports were primarily used for inbound
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connections from terminals, either directly or through modems, these
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days serial ports are primarily used for outbound connections to
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devices, an evolution which unfortunately has spread the relevant
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documentation over three different manual pages:
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.Xr termios 4 ,
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.Xr uart 4 and
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.Xr tty 4 .
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