Re: Out of ptys??

david (david@kalifornia.com)
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:23:47 -0700


Reply to mail from david parsons about Out of ptys??
> You can still buy SGI hardware.
> david parsons \bi/ And you can also still support chemists that use
> \/ SGI hardware and want to read tapes off random
> SGI machines.

Yes, and I can still buy a horse and try to get from one state to another.
This highly ineffective method of transportation still gets you across
town but it won't take you over a big pond or to the stars. If you want
to use archaic devices, use archaic software that matches them or maintain
a patch to support it.

I think the issue should be closed. If you want support for it in your
kernel, make and use the patch. Put the patch on linuxhq. If 99.9% of
linux kernel users don't need support for it, it generally shouldn't be
stuck in the mainline kernel.

-d

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