From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 27 0:14:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C9137B401 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:14:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9929A43E75 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:14:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8R7ESpk003953; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 01:14:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 01:14:15 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20020927.011415.96759904.imp@bsdimp.com> To: matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ttys patch - any objections? From: "M. Warner Losh" 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> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message: <20020926225759T.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Makoto Matsushita 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message