linux-kernel - [PATCH] Add possibility to set /dev/tty number

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 2016 16:34:56 +0100
From:	Pierre Paul MINGOT <mingot.pierre@...il.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jslaby@...e.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Add possibility to set /dev/tty number

Hello,

In Linux there is no way to set the number of tty devices or console
to create. By default the kernel create 64 /dev/tty devices. what is
too much for embedded system with limited resources. As all these 64
devices are not necessary or mandatory for the kernel proper working,
I add a config option to set the desired tty. The lowest number you
can set is 1 and the highest is 63, any value respectively below or
above that, will cause a kconfig invalid entry pop-up.

Please keep me update.

Best Regards

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