Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Does anyone still care about BSD ptys? | Date | Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:07:22 +0000 (UTC) |
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Followup to: <c09ccl$qkl$1@gatekeeper.tmr.com> By author: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > In article <20040209100940.GF21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>, > <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> wrote: > > | So what's the problem with calling mount(2)? > > Other than making an optional part of the kernel required... Not > impossible but something to consider. >
With my changes the devpts filesystem will be pretty much an integral part of the pty system (since the whole idea is to use the devpts filesystem to keep track of the tty structures) so that's not an issue.
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