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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Remove pty_ops_bsd and pty_bsd_ioctl() as they're not used
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:10 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:

> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> > Comments?
>
> Perhaps add legacy pty support to the list of features to be removed and see
> who howls.

You do break stuff still and they are part of the API, ABI and namespace
so you break compatibility.

> > static struct tty_driver *pty_driver, *pty_slave_driver;
>
> These shouldn't be global variables. They're only used within
> legacy_pty_init(). That's a side issue, however.

Agreed


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