Re: Split ttyname.c to avoid unnecessary dependencies

[Joel Sherrill <joel dot sherrill at oarcorp dot com>]

Sebastian Huber wrote:
> Joel Sherrill wrote:
>   
> > Sebastian Huber wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > the two functions ttyname() and ttyname_r() are currently defined in
> > > one file
> > >
> > > libc/unix/ttyname.c
> > >
> > > The ttyname() function needs 1030 bytes of data (with common _PATH_DEV
> > > and
> > > MAXNAMLEN values).  This is quite much if you have a system with a
> > > small memory
> > > space.  The file should be split up into ttyname.c and ttyname_r.c to
> > > avoid
> > > this memory requirement if you only use ttyname_r().
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > I don't disagree that this is a good idea but neither method
> > shows up in the RTEMS minimum, hello, or ticker sample.
> > What in RTEMS is pulling it into your application?
> >     
>
> It is the telnet demon.
>
>   
OK.  That is pretty far above a minimum configuration
but unused code is unused code.  It should be split.

Can you submit a patch?

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