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SubjectRe: Flexible Console open (really little patch)
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> No - the idea is more to make it possible for the user to see all the
> warning messages generated by the boot scripts - so he can turn the option
> on. There is another point for allowing /etc/console: if the kernel opens
> /etc/console instead of /dev/console it's possible to unmount /dev from

The file is /dev/console. Having to hack the os to put bogus device nodes
into /etc invalidates all the devfs arguments for having devfs to support
devices on media that dont support dev files. If devfs needs this then
devfs is broken or fix /sbin/init to open your /dev/ files for you

Alan


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