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SubjectRe: RFC: deprecating/removing the legacy mode of devpts
> > As such, I would like to suggest the following:
> >
> > 1. For 3.5, add this to feature-removal.txt.
> > 2. For 3.6, remove CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES as a configuration
> > option, and printk a warning if devpts is mounted without the
> > "newinstance" option.
> > 3. For 3.9 remove the legacy support including support for a ptmx node
> > outside the devpts filesystem.

Ok I'm putting my tty maintainers hat on at this point because nobody
seems to be listening

I'm NAKking this change, I'm NAKking the feature-removal change.

If you want this to change convince the distributions there is a point in
supporting it. This is the *wrong* forum to force a cornercase feature
onto a bazillion users, and the wrong way to strongarm maintainers of the
relevant user space.

If udev has a problem handling it nicely because of the way the link is
generated then *fix that problem* so udev automatically gets both cases
right. If need be we can add more messages to udev to tell it what is
expected and what devtmpfs should produce.

Alan


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