Re: [PATCH 0/1] devpts: use dynamic_dname() to generate proc name

Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) /dev/pts/ptmx simply is *not*.
/dev/pts/ptmx simply is *not*.
So pretty much every single user that ever uses pty's will use /dev/ptmx, it's just how it has always worked.
/dev/ptmx, it's just how it has always worked.
Trying to change it to anything else is just stupid. There's no upside, there is only downsides - mainly the "we'll have to support the standard way anyway, that newfangled way doesn't add anything". It really has no real advantages, and it's simply not worth it.
not worth it.
Linus
Linus
Linus