Re: pts having the same device number.

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <40859891.8080208@xxxxxxxx>
By author:    matthieu <mat_@xxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hello,
> on 2.6.4 I have seen that two pts device can have the same number :
> $ls -l /dev/pts/
> total 0
> crw--w----    1 mat      tty      136,   2 2004-04-20 23:15 2562
> crw--w----    1 mat      tty      136,   2 2004-04-20 23:15 2818
> 
> Is that normal ?
> 

Your libc or ls is old.  They actually have the device numbers
136,2562 and 136,2818 but you only see the bottom 8 bits:

	2562 & 255 = 2
	2818 & 255 = 2

This doesn't affect proper operation, it just affects the output from
ls.

	-hpa

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