Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.

H. Peter Anvin
2007-04-04T16:11:46Z

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> Oh, and I always thought PTYs were moved to free up more minors for our
> zillions of serial ports...
>

No, PTYs were moved because 64 ptys were woefully inadequate. 256 ptys
were enough of a shortage for many users.

The use of 16-bit Minix device numbers was a major headache in Linux for
many, many years. We didn't get past that one until the 2.6 kernel series.

-hpa