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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