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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0500
From: John Jasen <jjasen1@umbc.edu>
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To: Ian Soboroff <ian@cs.umbc.edu>
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Subject: Re: devfs vs. devpts
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On 16 Mar 2001, Ian Soboroff wrote:

> i don't have devpts mounted under 2.4.2 (debian checks whether you
> have devfs before mounting devpts), so i tried building my kernel with
> Unix 98 pty support but without the devpts filesystem.  i get the
> following error at the very end of 'make bzImage':

snipped from .config:

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256

#
# File systems
#
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG=y
...
# CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS is not set

from my /etc/devfsd.conf, I have:
REGISTER        pts/.*          MKOLDCOMPAT
UNREGISTER      pts/.*          RMOLDCOMPAT

and for permissions:
REGISTER        pts/.*          IGNORE

uname -a:
Linux grim 2.4.2-ac18 #3 SMP Mon Mar 12 12:05:18 EST 2001 i686 unknown

--
-- John E. Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu)
-- In theory, theory and practise are the same. In practise, they aren't.

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