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From: mickey@cantina.clinet.fi (Mika Ruohotie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't see pty's > 16?
Date: 13 Jun 1996 09:35:14 GMT
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Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>pseudo-device pty 16

question, what value should that be? the highest value is said to be
64, but i've seen kernel configuration files where it's been either
128 or 256, what happens when those are given?

is there a need to have more than 64 anyway?


mickey