From: almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger) Subject: Re: The great serial device naming controversy.... Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 14:08:10 GMT
In article <1u1bfuINN41l@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> tytso@athena.mit.edu writes:
> [...] and I can't imagine EVER needing more than 48 pty's)
I'm actually a bit more worried about the naming (and numbering) of ptys
that the naming of serial ttys. Any system with more than a few dozen serial
lines will probably be sufficiently non-standard that it is safe to expect
its owner to be able to handle any naming conflicts that may come up.
However, considering the respective computing power of modern PCs, it
doesn't seem too far-fetched to me that more than hundred users might log
on over TCP and do some light-weighted work (e.g. BBS access). If they
are allowed to use screen, one could quickly end up with peak loads of
200-300 processes and about the same number of allocated pty pairs.
So if there should be ever yet another tty renaming, I think it would be
worthwile to address this issue too.
- Werner
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