Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:32:53 +0100 From: Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> To: Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r233271 - in head/sys: amd64/conf arm/conf i386/conf ia64/conf mips/conf pc98/conf powerpc/conf sparc64/conf Message-ID: <4F6DA2D5.1090301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201203210838.q2L8chUM062260@svn.freebsd.org>
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On 2012-03-21 09:38, Ed Schouten wrote: > Author: ed > Date: Wed Mar 21 08:38:42 2012 > New Revision: 233271 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/233271 > > Log: > Remove pty(4) from our kernel configurations. > > As of FreeBSD 8, this driver should not be used. Applications that use > posix_openpt(2) and openpty(3) use the pts(4) that is built into the > kernel unconditionally. If it turns out high profile depend on the > pty(4) module anyway, I'd rather get those fixed. So please report any > issues to me. > > The pty(4) module is still available as a kernel module of course, so a > simple `kldload pty' can be used to run old-style pseudo-terminals. Please put at least a note in UPDATING... :) I just ran into an old program (compiled for FreeBSD 6 I think), that suddenly started failing with 'Cannot allocate master pty'. Maybe the compat ports could be updated to also enable loading of the pty module?home | help
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