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Bug#556550: hurd - should support Unix98 ptys



Bastian Blank, le Mon 16 Nov 2009 19:02:12 +0100, a écrit :
> hurd should support Unix98 style ptys, aka /dev/ptmx and /dev/pts. This
> could be implemented as a special filesystem on /dev/pts and a link from
> /dev/pts/ptmx to /dev/ptmx, like current Linux is using in a special
> mode.

IIRC a translator can serve several nodes so even the symlink wouldn't
be needed.  Then it's probably some sort of multiplexer around the
/hurd/term translator, probably not so complex actually.

Samuel



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