diff -urN linux-2.6.5/drivers/char/Kconfig linux-2.6.6_rc1-love1/drivers/char/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.5/drivers/char/Kconfig	2004-04-19 16:01:50.006624287 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.6_rc1-love1/drivers/char/Kconfig	2004-04-19 16:39:01.877138133 -0500
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
+config NR_TTY_DEVICES
+	int "Number of tty devices"
+	default 63
+
 config HW_CONSOLE
 	bool
 	depends on VT && !S390 && !UM
diff -urN linux-2.6.5/include/linux/tty.h linux-2.6.6_rc1-love1/include/linux/tty.h
--- linux-2.6.5/include/linux/tty.h	2004-04-19 11:04:19.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.6_rc1-love1/include/linux/tty.h	2004-04-19 16:52:19.782915029 -0500
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@
  * resizing).
  */
 #define MIN_NR_CONSOLES 1       /* must be at least 1 */
+#if (CONFIG_NR_TTY_DEVICES < 11)
 #define MAX_NR_CONSOLES	63	/* serial lines start at 64 */
 #define MAX_NR_USER_CONSOLES 63	/* must be root to allocate above this */
+#else
+#define MAX_NR_CONSOLES CONFIG_NR_TTY_DEVICES
+#define MAX_NR_USER_CONSOLES CONFIG_NR_TTY_DEVICES
+#endif
 		/* Note: the ioctl VT_GETSTATE does not work for
 		   consoles 16 and higher (since it returns a short) */