Re: how to increase UNIX98 pty number?

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 18:33:53 EST

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>
> hi,
>
> Where should I change to increase the UNIX98 pty number beyond 2048? The
> maximum allowed in xconfig is 2048.
> Is there any reason that this number can't go beyond 2048? Thanks,
>

Yes, dev_t is too small.

You could hack the kernel to locally allocate additional major
numbers, preferrably in the 240-255 range, if you need it.

-hpa

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