Author: trasz Date: Mon Oct 28 21:22:46 2019 New Revision: 354139 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/354139
Log: Document the fact that Linux binaries depend on pty(4). The source part of the review will be addressed in a different way. Reviewed by: emaste, brooks MFC after: 2 weeks Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D21492 Modified: head/share/man/man4/linux.4 head/share/man/man4/pty.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/linux.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/linux.4 Mon Oct 28 20:45:29 2019 (r354138) +++ head/share/man/man4/linux.4 Mon Oct 28 21:22:46 2019 (r354139) @@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ limited Linux system file system .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr brandelf 1 , +.Xr pty 4 , .Xr elf 5 , .Xr fdescfs 5 , .Xr linprocfs 5 , Modified: head/share/man/man4/pty.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/pty.4 Mon Oct 28 20:45:29 2019 (r354138) +++ head/share/man/man4/pty.4 Mon Oct 28 21:22:46 2019 (r354139) @@ -27,19 +27,21 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 20, 2008 +.Dd October 28, 2019 .Dt PTY 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pty -.Nd BSD-style and System V-style compatibility pseudo-terminal driver +.Nd old-style compatibility pseudo-terminal driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "device pty" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for the traditional BSD naming scheme that was -used for accessing pseudo-terminals. +used for accessing pseudo-terminals before it was replaced by +.Xr pts 4 . +This traditional naming is still used in Linux. When the device .Pa /dev/ptyXX is being opened, a new terminal shall be created with the @@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ interface. It is only provided for compatibility with older C libraries that tried to open such devices when .Xr posix_openpt 2 -was being called. +was being called, +and for running Linux binaries. .Sh FILES The BSD-style compatibility pseudo-terminal driver uses the following device names: _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
