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Date:      Thu, 24 Aug 95 11:00:17 MDT
From:      terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Cc:        rashid@haven.ios.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Number of ptys in 205 - Any limits ?
Message-ID:  <9508241700.AA08097@cs.weber.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199508232114.XAA19859@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Aug 23, 95 11:14:04 pm

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> > 	Are there any restrictions on the amount of ptys available to the
> > 	users ?
> 
> I think the number of available letter to name them is the biggest
> restriction.  It's not as easy to add more letters to MAKEDEV, since
> most programs have a hardcoded idea which letters to use for naming
> ptys. :(

Time for clone devices in  pty/ttyp directories.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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