martin@ wrote: > > - isn't it better to fallback to create compat ipty nodes > > if mount_ptyfs fails, so that we don't have to put tweaks into > > obsolete install floppies? > > (though it might cause inode shortage because a number of nodes is > > calculated before create_mfs_dev is called in makedev_main()) > > Or set a flag variable if we mounted ptyfs and ignore {i,o}pty calls > if that is set (assuming that by now we mostly have ipty requests everywhere > where it is needed)?
Probably we can have the similar check as mount_fdesc one, but MAKEDEV is also used on cross tools to create images with device nodes (-s: Generate mtree(8) specfile instead of creating devices) and unlike fdesc compat pty nodes are created outside of /dev/pts, so I'm afraid checking ptyfs is enough. --- Izumi Tsutsui