On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 11:12 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:1. /dev/ptmx would have to change to a symlink, ptmx -> pts/ptmx....I worry #1 would have substantial user-space impact, but I don't see a way around it, since there would be no obvious way to associate /dev/ptmx with a filesystem.
Are your worries just about replacing what is now a normal file with a
symlink, and the behavioral changes that come with that?
I wonder if using a bind mount for the file would be more robust. We
wouldn't, of course, be able to do it persistently, but I bet it would
be something we could count on udev to do for us.