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Diffstat (limited to 'linux-uml/linux-uml-2.6.7/LegacyTerminalSupport.patch')
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diff --git a/linux-uml/linux-uml-2.6.7/LegacyTerminalSupport.patch b/linux-uml/linux-uml-2.6.7/LegacyTerminalSupport.patch deleted file mode 100644 index cf3e84987b..0000000000 --- a/linux-uml/linux-uml-2.6.7/LegacyTerminalSupport.patch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ - -The second adds the LEGACY_PTY config option. Without it, with late 2.6 kernels -/dev/ptyxx won't work. In fact, with those kernels, root_fs_toms does not -work, because it's "unable to allocate TTY pair". And removes the dead option -"UNIX98_PTY_COUNT" (just commented out for now). - -Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> ---- - - uml-linux-2.6.7-paolo/arch/um/Kconfig_char | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- - 1 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) - -diff -puN arch/um/Kconfig_char~LegacyTerminalSupport arch/um/Kconfig_char ---- uml-linux-2.6.7/arch/um/Kconfig_char~LegacyTerminalSupport 2004-06-29 21:03:01.420421432 +0200 -+++ uml-linux-2.6.7-paolo/arch/um/Kconfig_char 2004-06-29 21:03:01.423420976 +0200 -@@ -108,11 +108,60 @@ config SSL_CHAN - - config UNIX98_PTYS - bool "Unix98 PTY support" -- --config UNIX98_PTY_COUNT -- int "Maximum number of Unix98 PTYs in use (0-2048)" -- depends on UNIX98_PTYS -+ ---help--- -+ A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two -+ halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to -+ a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to -+ read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a -+ terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers -+ and xterms. -+ -+ Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for -+ masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme -+ has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later, -+ however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a -+ pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo -+ terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo -+ terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was -+ traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example. -+ -+ All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless -+ you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory. -+ -+config LEGACY_PTYS -+ bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support" -+ default y -+ ---help--- -+ A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two -+ halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to -+ a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to -+ read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a -+ terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers -+ and xterms. -+ -+ Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx -+ for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo -+ terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including -+ security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most -+ systems, it is safe to say N. -+ -+ -+config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT -+ int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use" -+ depends on LEGACY_PTYS - default "256" -+ ---help--- -+ The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. -+ The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded -+ systems may want to reduce this to save memory. -+ -+ When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit -+ architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures. -+ -+#config UNIX98_PTY_COUNT -+# int "Maximum number of Unix98 PTYs in use (0-2048)" -+# depends on UNIX98_PTYS -+# default "256" - - config WATCHDOG - bool "Watchdog Timer Support" -_ |