Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Apr 2004 04:19:07 +0100 (BST) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: Change number of tty devices |
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> First off, thanks for the reply. Does lowering the number of tty devices > interfer with the creation of serial consoles? Can't they start at the > same major number without an issue?
No. It when we need more than 64 VCs.
> > What is even more is that there exist ioctls that return shorts > > which means only 16 VCs can be accounted for on a VT. > > So is my limit wrong? Should I up the lower limit to 16 to account for > this?
I would recommend it.
> > When the kernel supports multi-desktop systems we will have to deal > > with the serial and VT issue. Most likely the serial tty drivers will > > be given a different major number. > > Why isn't this done now?
We are in a stable release.
> > I personally believe that because > > of the 16 bit limit that there should be 16 VCs per VT terminal. > > That does make sense. > > Just a side note: I have been running with 12 (0 - 11) tty devices > without issue. I haven't tried a serial console, but will shortly, just > to see if it interferes with serial console creation.
It should be no problem. I hate hard limits tho. I rather have a lean system that only allocates resources when we want them.
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