Re: Out of ptys??

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
16 Aug 1998 09:01:29 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.6r66c3$1eb$1@alfie.demon.co.uk>,
Nick Holloway <Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s (david parsons) writes:
>> Nicholas J. Leon <nicholas@binary9.net> wrote:
>> >The major number from pty's has changed from 4 to 3 & 2 in 2.1.115.
>>
>> I don't know who did this, but, please, change the major numbers
>> back; having to manually redo all the /dev entries for ptys
>> every time you toggle the system between a <2.1.115 and >=2.1.115
>> kernel will get old really fast.

>Unless you are planning on skipping back to kernel 1.2.13, there is no
>need to recreate the traditional pty devices.

I occasionally need to read and write SGI-style tapes. Guess
which kernel was the last one that let me read the ridiculously
large block size that those tapes use?

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\/ run 1.2.13, though I don't generally kernel-swap
those machines.
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