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DateTue, 5 Oct 2004 14:06:59 -0700
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Console: fall back to /dev/null when no console is availlable
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:27:12PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 08:52:14PM +0200, J?rn Engel wrote:
> > Looks pretty trivial, but opinions on this subject may vary.
> > Comments?
>
> There's a related problem. /sbin/hotplug. I keep seeing odd failures
> from /sbin/hotplug scripts which go away when I ensure that fd0,1,2 are
> directed at something real.

Which scripts cause this problem?

> It's rather annoying because it currently means that, when my PCMCIA net
> interface on the firewall comes up, the IPv4 configuration works fine
> but IPv6 configuration falls dead on its nose without any explaination
> why.
>
> And, like I say, redirecting fd0,1,2 fixes it.

Redirecting it in the script itself? Or in the kernel like this patch?

thanks,

greg k-h
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