On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 12:23:44PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 11:12 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > 1. /dev/ptmx would have to change to a symlink, ptmx -> pts/ptmx. > ... > > I worry #1 would have substantial user-space impact, but I don't see a > > way around it, since there would be no obvious way to associate > > /dev/ptmx with a filesystem. > > Are your worries just about replacing what is now a normal file with a > symlink, and the behavioral changes that come with that? > > I wonder if using a bind mount for the file would be more robust. We > wouldn't, of course, be able to do it persistently, but I bet it would > be something we could count on udev to do for us. Not on my boxen. However, devpts tends to be mounted by initscripts, which is where one would naturally do that. _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
