On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 11:10:52AM +0100, Dan-Simon Myrland wrote: > This might be bikeshedding, but would it make sense to change the > maximum allowed ttys, on commodity architectures like i386/amd64 at > least, to 12?
I guess most people just don't use Ctrl-Alt-Fn a lot (but instead run X with a window manager providing several virtual desktops). But anyway, your point is valid: > In order to use all 12 function keys to switch between 12 ttys on my > laptop I need to do the following steps: > > 1) Add new ttys to /etc/ttys [..] > 10) Recompile userland so that wsconsctl etc works properly This is a lot to do and AFAICT there is no downside in providing them all by default (minus the /etc/ttys change, as we need one reserved for the X server and actually hard code that device in various places). If you send-pr and provide a tested patch for the others, it will have good chances to get applied after review. Martin