On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 21:03 +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: > >> The main offender is ptys -- I use udev for my devices, and normally > >> /dev/pts gets used for ptys, but with the new kernel there were suddenly > >> about 10 zillion old-style pty-related device nodes -- > >> /dev/[pt]ty[a-z][0-9] > > > > So tell the kernel team to stop enabling CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS. > > I presume that default kernels need legacy ptys to support older systems > that don't use udev, right?
It's to support older applications which don't know about the /dev/pyts/ interface. Whether the legacy device nodes come from a static /dev or from udev doesn't really enter in to it. Ian. -- Ian Campbell Current Noise: Amon Amarth - Without Fear If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
