Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 22:26:51 -0600 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> To: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Device Inodes Message-ID: <20010312222651.A21124@cec.wustl.edu>
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I want to add extra tty/pty pairs. The manpage says that extra tty/pty pairs can take the form /dev/tty[p-sP-S][0-9a-v] /dev/pty[p-sP-S][0-9a-v] Would non-ptyp* device inodes still use major number 6, and would non-ttyp* device inodes still use major number 5? Also, would I still use the 0-31 minor number? Would this conflict with the existing ttyp* and ptyp* devices? Would I be able to open more than 31 xterms (read: open more than 31 tty/pty pairs at one time). On a related note, I've found an inconsistency in the mknod(8) manpage. It says the major numbers are listed in /usr/src/sys/conf/device.<architecture>, when no such file exists. However, they are listed in /usr/src/sys/conf/majors. Maybe the manpage should be updated? -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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