Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 01:14:15 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ttys patch - any objections? Message-ID: <20020927.011415.96759904.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20020926225759T.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> References: <200209260922.g8Q9MGRP068717@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20020926094019.A58629-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> <20020926225759T.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> writes:
:
: culverk> This seems a lot like personal preferance to me, I for one
: culverk> don't like a lot of tty's, because running getty on a bunch
: culverk> of ttys that I'm not going to use is a waste of ram....
:
: Seconded. Two ttys are enough for me. Many getty(8) processes usually
: waste our process table entry :-)
:
: Usually small PC keyboards don't have their own F11/F12 key; key
: combination such as Fn+F1/Fn+F2 is required (read: a little bit hard
: to push). It would be better to avoid for the default configuration IMHO.
I agree. I think that more ttys is a bad idea, since each one takes
more memory as well (since the data space isn't shared). While this
is a small amount, it is a pain for lower memory systems.
I usually run three ttys myself (imp + root + spare), but it is a
matter of taste. Each time someone adds more of these goof things
turned on it turns into mergemaster hell for me (since I gotta do the
merge on about 25 machines).
Warner
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