Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 14:33:41 -0500 (EST) From: Craig Huckabee <huck@nise-ch.nosc.mil> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: shovey@buffnet.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pty limit of 64 Message-ID: <9512291933.AA16932@nise-ch.nosc.mil> In-Reply-To: <199512291831.KAA02819@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Dec 29, 95 10:31:37 am
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> > >> Is there a way to increase the number of ptys beyond 64? > > As for ptys, 32 units are fully supported for each of ttyp, q, r, and s, > and if you're not using xterms, another 32 ptys each are supported for P, Q, R, > and S...for a total of 256 ptys. So how does this relate to the option pseudo-device pty 16 #Pseudo ttys - can go as high as 64 found in the kernel config? I made the ttyp, q, r, s, and P devices and added them to /etc/ttys before posting - I had overlooked the above line in my kernel config. After posting the question, I went out on a limb and built a new kernel with 'pseudo-device pty 160' which would match what I had put in /etc/ttys & what I had done in /dev. It built OK and is running OK, but config generated a pty.h file that contained something like '#define NPTY 1606', so I gotta be doing something wrong. Does that make the question any clearer or am I misunderstanding the meaning of the pseudo-device line? BTW, this is with ver. 2.1 Thanks, Craig huck@nosc.mil
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