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Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support
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> It is , what's to stop any userspace from using ttyS0 ? .. There's lots
> of binary userspaces in the embedded world, along with many strange
> usages ..

So you change your file system, whoopee.

And if your hypothetical user isn't able to do this then maybe instead of
trying to screw up the kernel for everyone they should ask an
undergraduate student who is smart enough to help them.

Alan