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Re: Enhance ptyfs to handle multiple instances.



On Mar 14,  5:08pm, campbell+netbsd-tech-kern%mumble.net@localhost (Taylor R 
Campbell) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: Enhance ptyfs to handle multiple instances.

| We could install a symlink at /dev/ptmx pointing to pts/ptmx, and we
| could install a device node at /dev/pts/ptmx, which gets hidden by the
| ptyfs mount if you use ptyfs.  That way the non-ptyfs case still works
| and the ptyfs case enables multi-instance goodies.

That is the easy part; the harder part is the kernel driver portion.

christos


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