Linux TTY Driver
Table of Contents
1 What is TTY
Terminal is a type of char device, there are mutiple types, generally, TTY is a general name for each type of terminal device. TTY is abbreviation of Teletype, it is the earliest appeared derminal device, there are following device file in /dev directory on linux:
- Serial Port Terminal (/dev/ttySn)
- Pseudo Terminal (/dev/pty)
- Controlling Terminal (/dev/tty)
- Console (/dev/ttyn, /dev/console)
2 The framework of tty driver on linux
3 The Detail
