> Devfs does allows major/minor-less devices. You could hack the tty
> driver to make use of this. Check out the devfs FAQ at:
> http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/devfs.txt
>
> This is actually a bad thing, since there's been a lot of talk about
> using major/minor numbers as part of a tty locking scheme.
I see at least two possible solutions - dynamic major/minors or using
another design for the locking system. I am not familiar with the reasons
for using major/minor-pair for locking so I don't know if another solution
is feasable. Do you have any pointers for additional reading? :-)
Peter
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