Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:27:35 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike Silbersack" <silby@silby.com> To: "Olivier Houchard" <cognet@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/kern tty_pts.c tty_pty.c src/sys/sys ttycom.h Message-ID: <1680.64.215.82.94.1138242455.squirrel@webmail4.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <200601260130.k0Q1UY1j009666@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200601260130.k0Q1UY1j009666@repoman.freebsd.org>
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> cognet 2006-01-26 01:30:34 UTC > Bring in a sysv-style pts implementation, as found in the rwatson_pts > perforce branch. It works the same as its SysV/linux counterpart : You > obtain a fd to the master pseudo terminal by opening /dev/ptmx, which > craetes a node for the master as /dev/pty[num] and a node for the > slave as /dev/pts/[num]. > It should play nicely with the existing BSD ptys. > By default, the system will use the BSD ptys, one can set the sysctl > kern.pts.enable to 1 to make it use the new pts system. Please make the new system the default; if it's not the default, nobody will use it, and we won't find out what bugs are in it until after 7.0 ships. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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