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Cleaning up the PTY business for the test suites.

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<blockquote><screen>filesystem devpts not supported by kernel</screen></blockquote> <blockquote><screen>filesystem devpts not supported by kernel</screen></blockquote>
<para>The most likely cause for this is that your host system's kernel was <para>The most likely cause for this is that your host system's kernel was
compiled without support for the devpts file system. You can check which file compiled without support for the devpts file system (you can check which file
systems your kernel supports by peeking into its internals with systems your kernel supports with <command>cat /proc/filesystems</command>,
<command>cat /proc/filesystems</command>. If a file system type named for example). A few PTYs are needed to be able to run the suites for Binutils
<emphasis>devfs</emphasis> is listed there, then we'll be able to work around and GCC later on. If your kernel does not support devpts, do not worry, there
the problem by mounting the host's devfs file system on top of the new is another way to get them working inside the chroot environment. We'll cover
<filename>/dev</filename> structure which we'll create later on in the section this shortly in the <xref linkend="ch-system-MAKEDEV"/> section.</para>
on <xref linkend="ch-system-MAKEDEV"/>. If devfs was not listed, do not worry
because there is yet a third way to get PTYs working inside the chroot
environment. We'll cover this shortly in the aforementioned
<xref linkend="ch-system-MAKEDEV"/> section.</para>
<para>Remember that if for any reason you stop working on your LFS, and start <para>Remember that if for any reason you stop working on your LFS, and start
again later, it's important to check that these file systems are mounted again again later, it's important to check that these file systems are mounted again

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<para>If you had success with mounting the devpts file system earlier in <xref <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 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 unable to mount devpts, you will have to create a few static ptyXX and ttyXX
supports the devfs file system, run the following command to mount device nodes instead. To do this, open <filename>make_devices</filename> in
devfs:</para> 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
<screen><userinput>mount -t devfs devfs /dev</userinput></screen> 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
<para>This will mount the devfs file system over the top of the new static these pseudo terminals). In the immediately following section "Pseudo-TTY
<filename>/dev</filename> structure. This poses no problems, as the device slaves", enable the corresponding ttyXX devices. When you are done, rerun
nodes created are still present, they are just hidden by the new devfs file <command>./make_devices</command> from inside <filename>/dev</filename> to
system.</para> have it create the new devices.</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>
</sect2> </sect2>

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<sect1 id="ch-scripts-introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter07"?>
<para>This chapter will set up the bootscripts you installed in the previous
chapter. Most of these scripts will work without needing to modify them, but a
few do require additional configuration files, as they deal with hardware
dependent information.</para>
</sect1>