Re: [PATCH] Remove pty_ops_bsd and pty_bsd_ioctl() as they're notused

[Alan Cox]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:10 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Comments?
> 
> Perhaps add legacy pty support to the list of features to be removed and see
> who howls.

You do break stuff still and they are part of the API, ABI and namespace
so you break compatibility.

> >  static struct tty_driver *pty_driver, *pty_slave_driver;
> 
> These shouldn't be global variables.  They're only used within
> legacy_pty_init().  That's a side issue, however.

Agreed
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