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SubjectRe: Fork and Exec a process within the kernel
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Erik Mouw wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 07:24:42AM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Erik Mouw wrote:
> > > Please don't mislead newbies, Richard. /dev/console is NOT a link to
> > > /dev/tty0, it's a completely different device:
> > >
> > > erik@abra2:~ >ls -l /dev/console
> > > crw------- 1 root tty 5, 1 Apr 7 09:13 /dev/console
> > > erik@abra2:~ >ls -l /dev/tty0
> > > crw------- 1 root tty 4, 0 Feb 10 2000 /dev/tty0
> > >
> >
> > Bullshit. I know how to use `file`.
> >
> > Script started on Wed Aug 11 07:21:39 2004
> > # file /dev/console
> > /dev/console: symbolic link to /dev/tty0
>
> It might be a symlink on your machine, but that doesn't mean it's the
> right way. For almost 7 years, /dev/console is a separate device, not a
> symlink. Here's the relevant section from Documentation/devices.txt:
>
> The console device, /dev/console, is the device to which system
> messages should be sent, and on which logins should be permitted in
> single-user mode. Starting with Linux 2.1.71, /dev/console is managed
> by the kernel; for previous versions it should be a symbolic link to
> either /dev/tty0, a specific virtual console such as /dev/tty1, or to
> a serial port primary (tty*, not cu*) device, depending on the
> configuration of the system.
>
> Linux-2.1.71 was released on December 4, 1997. In your signature you
> claim to run linux-2.4.26. Please update your system.
>
>
> Erik

RedHat is NOT Linux. The MAJOR-MINOR 5.1 used in RedHat for the
console has a very serious problem for anybody doing development
work. If there are any kernel messages, they go to __all__ open
terminals. This means that the only "quiet" terminals that may be
available to kill off a runaway process are available iff you can
log in over the network.

Most everybody I know, who does serious development work, and
certainly those who want to control where the %*)&$#!@ kernel
messages go, will make sure they go to the "ALT-F1" as I have
shown. The original query was about how to make kernel messages
go to where, i.e., what VT do they come from. I have shown
how you can control where they go.

Now, if you look at the kernel source, you will note that
just prior to attempting to exec /sbin/init, /dev/console
is opened. This means that you can properly use whatever
you want if you continue to use a sym-link.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.26 on an i686 machine (5570.56 BogoMips).
Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.


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