Re: 2.6.10-rc1-mm3

H. Peter Anvin
2004-11-11T01:52:17Z

Followup to: <20041109103354.GA14497@apps.cwi.nl>
By author: Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I would be inclined to remove the variable CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT,
> using 256. If one really wants to use CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS, that is
> the right number. So, in include/linux/tty.h:
>
> - #define NR_PTYS CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
> + #define NR_PTYS 256
>

Embedded people want to be able to set it to fewer. Not all of them
can dispose of them entirely, but may not need 256.

-hpa