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Date:      Wed, 23 Aug 1995 23:14:04 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        rashid@haven.ios.com (Rashid Karimov.)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Number of ptys in 205 - Any limits ?
Message-ID:  <199508232114.XAA19859@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199508232011.QAA13040@haven.ios.com> from "Rashid Karimov." at Aug 23, 95 04:11:59 pm

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As Rashid Karimov. wrote:
> 
> 	Are there any restrictions on the amount of ptys available to the
> 	users ?

I think the number of available letter to name them is the biggest
restriction.  It's not as easy to add more letters to MAKEDEV, since
most programs have a hardcoded idea which letters to use for naming
ptys. :(

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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