Serge E. Hallyn [serue@xxxxxxxxxx] wrote: | Quoting Sukadev Bhattiprolu (sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx): | > | > +This option is only implemented in linux kernel versions | > +starting with 2.6.29. Further this option is valid only if | > +CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES is enabled in the kernel | > +configuration. | | The above paragraph is in here twice? Yes, once for each new option. I considered mentioning once in a separate para that 'newinstance' and 'ptmxmode' depend on the config token. But its more likely to be missed and lead to frustration if ptmxmode is specified but silently ignored. | And the followup paragraphs seems similar as well. You mean... | | The info is fine, but I think you need to rewrite it | overall. "Half as long" :) | | -serge | | > + | > +With support for multiple instances of devpts (see | > +.B newinstance | > +option above), each instance has a private | > +.IR ptmx | > +node in the root of the devpts filesystem (typically | > +.IR /dev/pts/ptmx). ... this para ? i.e reference to ptmx node in each instance ? It is similar but this talks about the 'ptmx' node while the paragraph under 'newinstance' talks about 'pty indices'. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
