Subject: Re: Adding more Ptys.
To: Martin Edge <ozmium@shudder.org>
From: Thilo Manske <Thilo.Manske@HEH.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/21/2000 10:51:37
On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 08:39:37PM +1100, Martin Edge wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone knew of a surefire way to add more pty's to
> a NetBSD machine.
> 
> I've ./MAKEDEV'd pty's and tty's so there are physically more of them in
> the /dev section, and updated /etc/ttys but still, I get messages saying I
> am out of ptys. and I only just added another 100 or so!
You have to recompile the kernel with more ptys as well (option pty).
I guess that the upper limit is 256.
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