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-.TH PTS 7D "Feb 29, 2020"
-.SH NAME
-pts \- STREAMS pseudo-tty slave driver
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-The pseudo-tty subsystem simulates a terminal connection, where the master side
-represents the terminal and the slave represents the user process's special
-device end point. In order to use the pseudo-tty subsystem, a node for the
-master side driver \fB/dev/ptmx\fR and N nodes for the slave driver (N is
-determined at installation time) must be installed. The names of the slave
-devices are \fB/dev/pts/M\fR where \fBM\fR has the values 0 through N-1. When
-the master device is opened, the corresponding slave device is automatically
-locked out. No user may open that slave device until its permissions are
-adjusted and the device unlocked by calling functions \fBgrantpt\fR(3C) and
-\fBunlockpt\fR(3C). The user can then invoke the open system call with the name
-that is returned by the \fBptsname\fR(3C) function. See the example below.
-.sp
-.LP
-Only one open is allowed on a master device. Multiple opens are allowed on the
-slave device. After both the master and slave have been opened, the user has
-two file descriptors which are end points of a full duplex connection composed
-of two streams automatically connected at the master and slave drivers. The
-user may then push modules onto either side of the stream pair. Unless compiled
-in XPG4v2 mode (see below), the consumer needs to push the \fBptem\fR(7M) and
-\fBldterm\fR(7M) modules onto the slave side of the pseudo-terminal subsystem
-to get terminal semantics.
-.sp
-.LP
-The master and slave drivers pass all messages to their adjacent queues. Only
-the \fBM_FLUSH\fR needs some processing. Because the read queue of one side is
-connected to the write queue of the other, the \fBFLUSHR\fR flag is changed to
-the \fBFLUSHW\fR flag and vice versa. When the master device is closed an
-\fBM_HANGUP\fR message is sent to the slave device which will render the device
-unusable. The process on the slave side gets the errno \fBEIO\fR when
-attempting to write on that stream but it will be able to read any data
-remaining on the stream head read queue. When all the data has been read, read
-returns 0 indicating that the stream can no longer be used. On the last close
-of the slave device, a 0-length message is sent to the master device. When the
-application on the master side issues a \fBread()\fR or \fBgetmsg()\fR and 0 is
-returned, the user of the master device decides whether to issue a
-\fBclose()\fR that dismantles the pseudo-terminal subsystem. If the master
-device is not closed, the pseudo-tty subsystem will be available to another
-user to open the slave device. Since 0-length messages are used to indicate
-that the process on the slave side has closed and should be interpreted that
-way by the process on the master side, applications on the slave side should
-not write 0-length messages. Unless the application is compiled in XPG4v2 mode
-(see below) then any 0-length messages written on the slave side will be
-discarded by the \fBptem\fR module.
-.sp
-.LP
-The standard STREAMS system calls can access the pseudo-tty devices. The slave
-devices support the \fBO_NDELAY\fR and \fBO_NONBLOCK\fR flags.
-.SH XPG4v2 MODE
-XPG4v2 requires that open of a slave pseudo terminal device provides the
-process with an interface that is identical to the terminal interface (without
-having to explicitly push any modules to achieve this). It also requires that
-0-length messages written on the slave side will be propagated to the master.
-.sp
-Experience has shown, however, that most software does not expect slave pty
-devices to operate in this manner and therefore this XPG4v2-compliant
-behaviour is only enabled in XPG4v2/SUS (see \fBstandards\fR(5)) mode.
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.in +2
-.nf
-int fdm fds;
-char *slavename;
-extern char *ptsname();
-
-fdm = open("/dev/ptmx", O_RDWR); /* open master */
-grantpt(fdm); /* change permission of slave */
-unlockpt(fdm); /* unlock slave */
-slavename = ptsname(fdm); /* get name of slave */
-fds = open(slavename, O_RDWR); /* open slave */
-ioctl(fds, I_PUSH, "ptem"); /* push ptem */
-ioctl(fds, I_PUSH, "ldterm"); /* push ldterm*/
-.fi
-.in -2
-
-.SH FILES
-.ne 2
-.na
-\fB\fB/dev/ptmx\fR\fR
-.ad
-.RS 14n
-master clone device
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
-\fB\fB/dev/pts/M\fR\fR
-.ad
-.RS 14n
-slave devices (M = 0 -> N-1)
-.RE
-
-.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBgrantpt\fR(3C), \fBptsname\fR(3C), \fBunlockpt\fR(3C), \fBldterm\fR(7M),
-\fBptm\fR(7D), \fBptem\fR(7M), \fBstandards\fR(5)
-.sp
-.LP
-\fISTREAMS Programming Guide\fR
+.\" Copyright 2022 Oxide Computer Company
+.Dd February 5, 2022
+.Dt PTM 7D
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ptm ,
+.Nm pts
+.Nd STREAMS pseudo-terminal manager and subsidiary drivers
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Pa /dev/ptmx
+.Pp
+.Pa /dev/pts/*
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The pseudo-terminal subsystem simulates a terminal connection, where the
+manager side represents the terminal and the subsidiary represents the user
+process's special device end point.
+The manager device is set up as a cloned device where its major device number
+is the major for the clone device and its minor device number is the major for
+the
+.Nm ptm
+driver; see
+.Dv CLONE_DEV
+in
+.Xr ddi_create_minor_node 9F .
+.Pp
+There are no nodes in the file system for manager devices.
+The manager pseudo driver is opened using the
+.Xr open 2
+system call with
+.Pa /dev/ptmx
+as the device parameter.
+The clone open finds the next available minor device for the
+.Nm ptm
+major device.
+.Pp
+A manager device is only available if it and its corresponding subsidiary
+device are not already open.
+Only one open is allowed on a manager device.
+Multiple opens are allowed on the subsidiary device.
+.Pp
+When the manager device is opened, the corresponding subsidiary device is
+automatically locked out.
+No user may open the subsidiary device until its permissions are adjusted and
+the device is unlocked by calling the functions
+.Xr grantpt 3C
+and
+.Xr unlockpt 3C .
+The user can then invoke the
+.Xr open 2
+system call with the device name returned by the
+.Xr ptsname 3C
+function.
+.Pp
+After both the manager and subsidiary have been opened, the user has two file
+descriptors which are the end points of a full duplex connection composed of
+two streams which are automatically connected at the manager and subsidiary
+drivers.
+The user may then push modules onto either side of the stream pair.
+Unless compiled in XPG4v2 mode
+.Po
+see
+.Sx "XPG4v2 MODE"
+.Pc ,
+the consumer needs to push the
+.Xr ptem 7M
+and
+.Xr ldterm 7M
+modules onto the subsidiary device to get terminal semantics.
+.Pp
+The manager and subsidiary drivers pass all messages to their adjacent queues.
+Only the
+.Dv M_FLUSH
+needs some processing.
+Because the read queue of one side is connected to the write queue of the
+other, the
+.Dv FLUSHR
+flag is changed to the
+.Dv FLUSHW
+flag and vice versa.
+.Pp
+When the manager device is closed, an
+.Dv M_HANGUP
+message is sent to the subsidiary device which will render the device unusable.
+The process on the subsidiary side gets an
+.Er EIO
+error when attempting to write on that stream, but it will be able to read
+any data remaining on the stream head read queue.
+When all the data has been read,
+.Xr read 2
+returns
+.Sy 0
+indicating that the stream can no longer be used.
+.Pp
+On the last close of the subsidiary device, a 0-length message is sent to the
+manager device.
+When the application on the manager side issues a
+.Xr read 2
+or
+.Xr getmsg 2
+and
+.Sy 0
+is returned, the user of the manager device decides whether to issue a
+.Xr close 2
+that dismantles the entire pseudo-terminal.
+If the manager device is not closed, the pseudo-terminal will be available to
+another user to open the subsidiary device.
+.Pp
+Since 0-length messages are used to indicate that the process on the
+subsidiary side has closed, and should be interpreted that way by the process
+on the manager side, applications on the subsidiary side should not write
+0-length messages.
+Unless the application is compiled in XPG4v2 mode
+.Po
+see
+.Sx "XPG4v2 MODE"
+.Pc ,
+then any 0-length messages written to the subsidiary device will be discarded
+by the
+.Xr ptem 7M
+module.
+.Pp
+If
+.Dv O_NONBLOCK
+or
+.Dv O_NDELAY
+is set on the manager side:
+.Bl -bullet
+.It
+Read on the manager side returns
+.Sy -1
+with
+.Va errno
+set to
+.Er EAGAIN
+if no data is available
+.It
+Write returns
+.Sy -1
+with
+.Va errno
+set to
+.Er EAGAIN
+if there is internal flow control
+.El
+.Pp
+Standard STREAMS system calls can access pseudo-terminal devices.
+The subsidiary devices support the
+.Dv O_NDELAY
+and
+.Dv O_NONBLOCK
+flags.
+.Sh XPG4v2 MODE
+.Em XPG4v2
+requires that subsidiary pseudo-terminal devices provide the process with an
+interface that is identical to the terminal interface, without needing to
+explicitly push any modules to achieve this.
+It also requires that 0-length messages written on the subsidiary device will
+be propagated to the manager device.
+.Pp
+Experience has shown that most software does not expect subsidiary
+pseudo-terminal devices to operate in this manner.
+This XPG4v2-compliant behaviour is only enabled in XPG4v2/SUS
+.Po
+see
+.Xr standards 5
+.Pc
+mode.
+.Sh IOCTLS
+The manager driver provides several ioctls to support the
+.Xr grantpt 3C ,
+.Xr unlockpt 3C ,
+and
+.Xr ptsname 3C
+functions:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Dv ISPTM
+Determines whether the file descriptor is that of an open manager device.
+On success, it returns the value
+.Sy 0 .
+.It Dv UNLKPT
+Unlocks the manager and subsidiary devices.
+It returns
+.Sy 0
+on success.
+On failure,
+.Vt errno
+is set to
+.Vt EINVAL
+indicating that the manager device is not open.
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width Pa
+.It Pa /dev/ptmx
+Pseudo-terminal manager clone device.
+.It Pa /dev/pts/N
+Pseudo-terminal subsidiary devices, where
+.Sy N
+is a non-negative integer.
+Located via calls to
+.Xr ptsname 3C .
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Sy Example 1
+Opening the manager and subsidiary device for a pseudo-terminal.
+.Bd -literal -offset Ds
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stropts.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <err.h>
+\&...
+int fdm, fds;
+char *subsidiaryname;
+\&...
+/*
+ * NOTE: Portable applications should use posix_openpt(3C) here:
+ */
+if ((fdm = open("/dev/ptmx", O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY)) < 0) {
+ err(1, "open manager");
+}
+if (grantpt(fdm) != 0 || unlockpt(fdm) != 0 ||
+ (subsidiaryname = ptsname(fdm)) == NULL) {
+ close(fdm);
+ err(1, "locate subsidiary");
+}
+if ((fds = open(subsidiaryname, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY)) < 0) {
+ close(fdm);
+ err(1, "open subsidiary");
+}
+if (ioctl(fds, I_PUSH, "ptem") != 0 ||
+ ioctl(fds, I_PUSH, "ldterm") != 0) {
+ close(fds);
+ close(fdm);
+ err(1, "push modules");
+}
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr close 2 ,
+.Xr getmsg 2 ,
+.Xr open 2 ,
+.Xr read 2 ,
+.Xr grantpt 3C ,
+.Xr posix_openpt 3C ,
+.Xr ptsname 3C ,
+.Xr unlockpt 3C ,
+.Xr standards 5 ,
+.Xr ldterm 7M ,
+.Xr pckt 7M ,
+.Xr ptem 7M ,
+.Xr ddi_create_minor_node 9F