Subject: Re: pty's ?
To: None <cjn@isd.se>
From: Brian Baird <brb@brig.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/22/1999 01:56:31
You can make 128 pty devices with
sh MAKEDEV pty0 pty1 pty2 pty3 pty4 pty5 pty6 pty7
Each argument makes groups of 16 ptys.
> Hi, I am running 1.3.3 on a couple of sparcs, and one
> of them (a SS5) is constantly running out of pty's.
>
> What should one do to get more than 16 pty's?
>
> I have compiled a new 1.3.3 kernel on a SS5 with pty set
> to 128 in the config file. But when I look a the MAKEDEV
> script it seems like it will only support 16 pty's...?
>
> /Chris
--Brian;