Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:40:57 +0100 | From | Philipp Rumpf <> | Subject | Re: Removing boot text |
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On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 01:22:15AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > The stuff that is written in the kernel by printk() can be configured > > to go to an RS-232C port. This has to be compiled into the kernel. > > You use append="console=ttyS0,BAUDRATE" in LILO configuration. This > > keeps it off the screen. > > > > The stuff written by init, can be eliminated by changing the link > > of /dev/console to point to /dev/null instead of /dev/tty0. > > There is a dummy console also, might be in drivers/video because it is > associated with fbdev. That sounds like the best solution..
Not compiling any console drivers in would work as well - up to the point init starts with no open file descriptors, that is (so symlink /dev/console -> /dev/null). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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