On 2012-03-21 09:38, Ed Schouten wrote: > Author: ed > Date: Wed Mar 21 08:38:42 2012 > New Revision: 233271 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/233271 > > Log: > Remove pty(4) from our kernel configurations. > > As of FreeBSD 8, this driver should not be used. Applications that use > posix_openpt(2) and openpty(3) use the pts(4) that is built into the > kernel unconditionally. If it turns out high profile depend on the > pty(4) module anyway, I'd rather get those fixed. So please report any > issues to me. > > The pty(4) module is still available as a kernel module of course, so a > simple `kldload pty' can be used to run old-style pseudo-terminals.
Please put at least a note in UPDATING... :) I just ran into an old program (compiled for FreeBSD 6 I think), that suddenly started failing with 'Cannot allocate master pty'. Maybe the compat ports could be updated to also enable loading of the pty module? _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
