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> I don't know how to handle the /dev/ptmx issue properly from within
> devtmpfs, does anyone?  Proposals are always welcome, the last time this
> came up a week or so ago, I don't recall seeing any proposals, just a
> general complaint.

Is it really a problem - devtmpfs is optional. It's a problem for the
userspace folks to handle and if they made it mandatory in their code
diddums, someone better go fork working versions.

Alan