Re: [PATCH] Make mkiss link its ptys in a predictable manner

[Willie Hein WJ3G <wj3g@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/26/2010 06:50 PM, Dan Smith wrote:
> 2. mkiss could not only be used on true tty's but also on pseudo
>> pty's. Modern linuxes prefer unix98 ptys. Unix98-pty's are allocated
>> automaticaly via /dev/ptmx. Imagine you'd try to use two mkiss
>> instances, both called with /dev/ptmx as argument and -L as option.
>> Here the concept completely fails. Apart from this, it's not 
>> permitted to create files in /dev/pts/.
>>     
> Does anyone do this?  Regardless, many programs have options and usage
> scenarios that are mutually exclusive.
>   
YES All dual port TNC's require the use of psuedo tty's
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