Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: how to increase UNIX98 pty number? | Date | 2 Apr 2002 15:33:53 -0800 |
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Followup to: <OF391D2B4A.E68BC179-ON86256B8E.005D10CA@3com.com> By author: Hui_Ning@3com.com In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > hi, > > Where should I change to increase the UNIX98 pty number beyond 2048? The > maximum allowed in xconfig is 2048. > Is there any reason that this number can't go beyond 2048? Thanks, >
Yes, dev_t is too small.
You could hack the kernel to locally allocate additional major numbers, preferrably in the 240-255 range, if you need it.
-hpa
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