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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] char/tty_io: fix legacy pty name when more than 256 pty devices are requested
On 09/08/2009 07:54 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>>
>> IMO, no less weird than a random shift from one naming algorithm to
>> another in the middle of the sequence.
>
> Ok, your algorithm will be fully compatible with the old naming system, as
> you're encoding the nibbles on this order:
> [7:4][3:0][*:8]
>

Actually it's [7:4][*:8][3:0]. It was the easiest way to get backwards
compatibility, since it allowed for the use of s[n]printf(). It's not
by any means the only possibility, but I think the easiest one to describe.

> From one side, I liked the idea of not having any arbitrary maximum limit, but
> from other side, It seems easier to implement than to describe it in English,
> at devices.txt. Maybe the solution is to explain it by examples.
>
> Also, if we look at the current device designation, we already have some rule
> changes.

That doesn't mean it's a good idea.


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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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