Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:07:08 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: RFC: deprecating/removing the legacy mode of devpts |
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On 04/11/2012 08:04 PM, Al Viro wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 07:48:44PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> The symlink support is at least 3 years old, probably more. > > DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES wasn't anywhere near mandatory all that time... > Kernel upgrade procedure that starts with "build the old kernel with > that option enabled, boot it, replace /dev/ptmx with a symlink, then > never try to boot earlier kernel images. Now you can safely upgrade > to current kernel" is the recipe for massive self-LARTs (and resulting > pitchfork crowds).
Sounds like the first thing we need to do is to remove the CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=n code.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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