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SubjectRe: RFC: deprecating/removing the legacy mode of devpts
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 04:55:41PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/11/2012 04:53 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >
> > That all seems pretty simple.
> >
> >> - get rid of the (rather broken) idea of 'legacy' vs 'non-legacy mode'
> >> mount options in the default setup; I don't think userspace should
> >> ever be required to fiddle with such stuff
> >
> > Hm, but if we get rid of them, what about tools that expect them to be
> > there? Just silently ignore them?
> >
>
> Drop the newinstance mount option on the floor; keep recognizing the
> ptmxmode mount option but change the default.

Wait, change the default to what?

I think this is going to require a lot of testing :)

greg k-h


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