From e1c7e32ae38c9e45821d8df8fac70cecf812db38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:59:19 +0000
Subject: Cleaning up the PTY business for the test suites.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3254 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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 chapter06/makedev.xml | 29 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

(limited to 'chapter06/makedev.xml')

diff --git a/chapter06/makedev.xml b/chapter06/makedev.xml
index 271ebef80..a83f07885 100644
--- a/chapter06/makedev.xml
+++ b/chapter06/makedev.xml
@@ -65,25 +65,16 @@ you are satisfied, run the script to create the device files:</para>
 
 <para>If you had success with mounting the devpts file system earlier in <xref
 linkend="ch-system-proc"/>, you can continue with the next section. If you were
-unable to mount devpts, now is the time to try the alternatives. If your kernel
-supports the devfs file system, run the following command to mount
-devfs:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>mount -t devfs devfs /dev</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>This will mount the devfs file system over the top of the new static
-<filename>/dev</filename> structure. This poses no problems, as the device
-nodes created are still present, they are just hidden by the new devfs file
-system.</para>
-
-<para>If that didn't work either, the only option left is to create a few ptyXX
-and ttyXX device nodes. To do this, open <filename>make_devices</filename> in
-your editor, go to the section "Pseudo-TTY masters" and enable as many ptyXX
-devices as you think you will need (every xterm, ssh connection, telnet
-connection, and the like, uses one of these pseudo terminals). In the
-immediately following section "Pseudo-TTY slaves", enable the corresponding
-ttyXX devices. When you are done, rerun <command>./make_devices</command> from
-inside <filename>/dev</filename> to have it create the new devices.</para>
+unable to mount devpts, you will have to create a few static ptyXX and ttyXX
+device nodes instead. To do this, open <filename>make_devices</filename> in
+your editor, go to the section "Pseudo-TTY masters" and enable a few ptyXX
+devices -- a handful are enough to enable the test suites to run, but if you
+plan to run a kernel without devpts support you will probably need many more
+(every xterm, ssh connection, telnet connection, and the like, uses one of
+these pseudo terminals). In the immediately following section "Pseudo-TTY
+slaves", enable the corresponding ttyXX devices. When you are done, rerun
+<command>./make_devices</command> from inside <filename>/dev</filename> to
+have it create the new devices.</para>
 
 </sect2>
 
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