Hello. I actually do use ptmx(4) without ptyfs, but I would be willing for that to go away in NetBSD-7 or 8. -Brian
On Mar 14, 2:40pm, Christos Zoulas wrote: } Subject: Re: Enhance ptyfs to handle multiple instances. } In article <20140314143532.ga17...@britannica.bec.de>, } Joerg Sonnenberger <jo...@britannica.bec.de> wrote: } >On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 09:51:12AM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote: } >> I don't think that putting ptmx inside devpts makes sense. OTOH, we } >> could have multiple ptmx devices with different minor numbers and use that } >> as the differentiating factor for the pty devices. I think that's too complex } >> and probably not worth it (at least in the first pass). } > } >Actually, it would simplify things a lot if /dev/ptmx was a symlink to } >/dev/pts/ptmx. The ptyfs instance could assign a unique minor number per } >instance and use that to associate the instance with the correct mount } >point. } } Yes, except that ptmx is supposed to work without ptyfs, but I guess that } nobody uses it this way anymore. } } christos } >-- End of excerpt from Christos Zoulas