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From: elko <elko@home.nl>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: /dev/pts question
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 22:35:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <01041822354404.00617@ElkOS> (raw)

hello,

as I understand, /dev/pts was created
to make an end to the overload in /dev/<devices>
and let the kernel put the entries in /dev/pts
when they are used/needed/installed.

but still, when I enable /dev/pts, I have to
keep the /dev/<devices> for backward compatibility
with already installed applications that rely on them.

would it be possible/sane to make like a
/dev/* (some sort of a /dev/B-compatible) besides
/dev/pts, where the kernel `translates' the
/dev/<device> request to /dev/* and then
`translate' that to the correct /dev/pts entry ??

at least, something like that...
-- 
elko


             reply	other threads:[~2001-04-18 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-18 20:35 elko [this message]
2001-04-18 22:29 ` /dev/pts question H. Peter Anvin

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