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From: bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt)
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Subject: Re: More comments on a multiple-port serial.device
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Date: 10 Jan 88 16:14:12 GMT
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In article <> ihnp4!hermix!ucla-an!remsit!stb!michael writes:
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< Say for example, I make an eithernet board....
< ...about 5 or 6 virtual serial lines can run over the ethernet...
< ....Ideally I should be able to use the serial.device for
< this--users would not have to worry about "does this term program support
< either.device" or what not.

The clean solution is to add "6 or 7" units to the serial.device, then
internally route them all to the same hardware port.


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