Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Dec 2000 06:57:20 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: TIOCGDEV ioctl |
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On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> According to Alexander Viro: > > OK, I can see the point of finding out where the console is redirected > > to. How about the following: > > > > /proc/sys/vc -> /dev/tty<n> > > /proc/sys/console -> where the hell did we redirect it or > > vc if there's no redirect right now > > Will that be OK with you? > > Well, I'd prefer the ioctl, but I can see the general direction the > kernel is heading to: get rid of numeric ioctls and sysctl()s and > put all that info under /proc. > > However /proc/sys only contains directories now, it would look
Huh? Oh, sorry. /proc/tty, indeed - it was a braino. BTW, I think that a mini-fs with a device node for each registered console + symlink (say it, "default") pointing to the default one might make sense too. Comments?
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