Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Aug 1998 11:08:42 +0200 (MEST) | From | Clifford Wolf <> | Subject | Re: Flexible Console open (really little patch) |
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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > I don't think so. It solves a problem at a very easy way and does not > > hurt anyone. We support a few paths for the init program - why don't > > be flexible with the path of /dev/console? (Specialy if there is a good > > reason for: it's possible that /dev will be mounted later from a boot > > script.) > > > > - clifford > > We support several paths for init for historical reasons only (early > Linux didn't have /sbin.) If anything it should be supported via a > kernel command line argument. This mostly sounds to me like bloat to > support some more bloatware -- devfs. > > -hpa
But devfs will go in the kernel - so it is absolute sensefull to make the usage of devfs as easy as possible. And it really does not hurt to allow two diffrent locations for the console device file ...
- clifford
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