vchanneld

[Michael Trimarchi]

Hi,

Sean McNeil wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> This is a very bad idea for several reasons:
>
> 1) You cannot guarantee which pts you get.
Yes I can, it is just a script property.
> 2) You expose the modem so that it can be accessed by anyone.
Can you clarify this point?
> 3) It makes things difficult to recover when there is a problem.
The freerunner-fso is not use a daemon for multiplexing?
> 4) Yet another layer to deal with.
The other layer is a serial device abstraction, so if it is well 
written, I don't think that can
be problem
>
> This it the method that TI took and we are working with them on a 
> better solution.
>
> Cheers,
> Sean
>
> Michael Trimarchi wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I write a daemon like gsmmuxd that virtualize the serial driver and 
>> export a series of terminal for
>> the rild service, gprs service etc. The rild service start using the 
>> /dev/pts/0 terminal. I grant it to him
>> when the channel is ready. The daemon is not releated to the rild, it 
>> just give an openchannel. I don't
>> use an extra channel for unsolicited command, because the android ril 
>> don't use it, but I suppose that a
>> gprs connection can be initialize on /dev/pts/xxx. Only one question 
>> just to know:
>>
>> Have I some license problem if I use a separate daemon for multiplexing?
>>
>> Michael
>>
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