"max N" clause on "pseudo-device pty" in config file

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In article <952 at aoa.UUCP>, mbr at aoa.UUCP (Mark Rosenthal) writes:
> 
>
> [ The customer wants more pseudo-terminals... ]
>
> [ Quotes part of the Guide to System Configuration. ]
> 
>      pty	For pseudoterminal support (default = 16, specify max n for
> 		 more than 16)."
> 
> So, thinking no harm, I modified the config file to read:
> 
>     pseudo-device 	pty	max 64
>

	Leave off the "max" and it should work.

	pseudo-device pty 64

	It sounds like the documentation is being unclear about
	what you're supposed to do.  The part about the default
	being 16 also seems to be a bit of a mystery to me.  Check
	the file pty.h in your kernel build directory and see
	how many it says.  For the configuration file for my VAX
	8800 it said 64, but a test configuration file gave 1.

	Please use the Reader Comment sheet at the end of the
	manual to our documentation group know that that section
	needs to be clarified.

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