Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Bodo Eggert <> | | Subject | Re: question why need open /dev/console in init() when starting kernel | | Date | Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:06:53 +0200 |
Tomko <tomko@avantwave.com> wrote:
> Do anyone know why it need to open("/dev/console"....) at the end of the > init() before calling execve("/sbin/init") ? Why open this for the in , > out , err channel at this moment but not open it at the time when going > to use , e.g. open it in the shell .
How is the shell supposed to know which files to open, or if it's supposed to open files at all? -- Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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