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    SubjectRe: Christmas list for the kernel
    Russell King wrote:
    > On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 09:43:58AM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:

    >>Plus I have 64 tty devices. Couldn't the tty devices be created
    >>dynamically as they are consumed? Same for the loop and ram devices?
    >
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    > You do realise that the dynamic device creation for those 64 console
    > devices is done via the console device being _opened_ by userspace?
    >
    Which userspace program is opening 64 console devices? Surely it could
    be taught to use a smaller number. If you mean that open the console
    once creates all those devices, I think that's exactly what Jon was
    suggesting is not desirable (I agree).

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