Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 15:08:24 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/MAKEDEV not being installed? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020322150258.45915B-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20020322105715.E13034@ninja1.internal>
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Sean Chittenden wrote: > > > Just did a fresh install of -CURRENT and noticed that MAKEDEV > > > isn't being installed. This intentional? -sc > > > > MAKEDEV on -current is not needed, since devfs creates device nodes > > automatically. > > Alright, sounds good/believable, but how do I extend the number of pty's > on current then? I only see 20 tty* entries in /dev and would like the > full 256 like I compiled in. -sc New entries should clone themselves as needed, up to the precompiled limit. If this is not happening, it's a bug. :-) You can test this by sequentially opening /dev/ptty(n) entries and watch matching ttyp/r/q/s entries appear. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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