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From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
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Samuel Thibault, le Sun 04 Mar 2012 01:18:06 +0100, a écrit :
> Just for the record: what we need is being able to open a serial port
> and read/write from inside the kernel. Using a daemon that does the open
> and setting up speakup as a line discipline would be possible, but it
> then depends on / working, and that's not something e.g. administrators
> can really afford depending on.

BTW: yes, that does not mean that speakup couldn't use a line discipline
already. Sure, still on the TODO list for years too.

Samuel