On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:53:22 EDT erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > > A similar idea here would be to have a "default" command to > > for default settings. When a device is opened, it is > > initialized with these settings. The reason I like this is > > because then I don't need to teach every serial IO program > > what setting to use (often the other end is a dumb device > > requiring its own fixed and peculiar settings). > > i think it is even easier to set the state up properly with cpurc or > consolefs' configuration file, and have the various programs not even > care that they're talking to a serial port.
Not my experience. Occasionally programs do have to care about some serial port parameters and if such a program crashes you have a partially working interface. Think CTS/RTS state etc.
