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DateSun, 08 Feb 2004 23:29:26 -0800
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: Does anyone still care about BSD ptys?
David Weinehall wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:17:27AM +0000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >>Hi all,>>>>Does anyone still care about old-style BSD ptys, i.e. /dev/pty*?  I'm
>>thinking of restructuring the pty system slightly to make it more
>>dynamic and to make use of the new larger dev_t, and I'd like to get
>>rid of the BSD ptys as part of the same patch.> > As long as you make it a 2.7-thing, I don't thing anyone would mind
> much...> 

Right, this is basically for 2.6/2.7 depending on if there are any 
stragglers who still use these things...

	-hpa
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