Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: devlinks: an alternative to devfs | Date | Wed, 7 Jan 1998 18:07:12 -0800 (PST) |
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> hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) writes: > > > - The openpty() library function opens /dev/ptx, the master > > clone device (did I get the name right)? > > At least on IRIX 6.3, it looks like /dev/ptmx. > > > I'd vote against using a hybrid BSD/SysV naming scheme for pty's, > > although we may allow the BSD-ish tty's to remain for compatibility > > (probably using a different set of device numbers.) > > On IRIX 6.3, /dev/pts/0 and /dev/ttyq0 have the same inode. >
It should work anyway, I guess; the kernel will not allow two processes to grab the same pty master.
-hpa
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