cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/kern tty_pts.c tty_pty.c src/sys/sys ttycom.h

[Mike Silbersack]

> cognet      2006-01-26 01:30:34 UTC
>   Bring in a sysv-style pts implementation, as found in the rwatson_pts
> perforce  branch. It works the same as its SysV/linux counterpart : You
> obtain a fd to    the master pseudo terminal by opening /dev/ptmx, which
> craetes a node for the   master as /dev/pty[num] and a node for the
> slave as /dev/pts/[num].
>   It should play nicely with the existing BSD ptys.
>   By default, the system will use the BSD ptys, one can set the sysctl
>   kern.pts.enable to 1 to make it use the new pts system.

Please make the new system the default; if it's not the default, nobody
will use it, and we won't find out what bugs are in it until after 7.0
ships.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack