> > OK, I'll bite. Gimme 1024 serial ports. Yesterday.
> > That is 2048 devices (standard).
> > Easy with devfs, pretty convoluted with dynamic major numbers.
>
> ? This is an academic exercise. You are not going to tell there is such
> a box
> out there? BTW if you didn't hear it before /dev/cuxx's are obsolete.
I've seen (and used) SGI Origin boxes with hundreds (I admin'ed a
512 serial port box), and I'm fairly certain one of the boxes had
an even 1024.
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