Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:40:11 +0100 | | From | Miquel van Smoorenburg <> | | Subject | Re: TIOCGDEV ioctl |
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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 kindof ugly to put 2 symlinks in there directly. Oh well.
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