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Date:      Fri, 17 Nov 1995 10:19:09 +0100 (MET)
From:      Didier Derny <didier@omnix.fr.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pty
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951117101812.3126B-100000@zapata.omnix.fr.org>
In-Reply-To: <199511161859.LAA03449@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > > Is there any possibility to have more than 256 ptys ?
> > > > Is there any trick to find the next available pty without having to
> > > > try them all ?
> > > 
> > > Implement a cloning pty driver.
> >
> > In fact I have to control 32 pty with the same process. It might be
> > more interesting for me to write a driver to multiplex 32 slaves on only
> > one master.
> 
> Er.  This makes no sense.
> 
> Unless your program is not going to distinguish between slaves?
> 
> I'd think the process would care which is which because of implied state.
> 
> 
> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
> 

I must be able to receive up to 256 simultaneous connexions on the same 
machine.





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