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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 28/49] tty: Add a new file /proc/tty/consoles
    On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 09:51:25AM +0200, Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
    > > Maybe I wouldn't bother with marking the "current" console by star at
    > > all as it seems not to pay off.
    >
    > This is the main reason for what I've done this patch:
    > To see on which console line the reading process is
    > located. Please do not skip this part as this is
    > currently the only way to detect the real console below
    > /dev/console ... it could be used in user space: e.g. in
    > plymouth or bootlogd (to deterime the main console) or
    > sulogin (to be able to provide a prompt on all console
    > lines).

    You've got to be kidding. So all this stuff is about getting TIOCGDEV
    into the mainline? In a form that would, presumably, be more acceptable
    than an ioctl?

    > --
    > "Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having
    > a peeing section in a swimming pool." -- Edward Burr

    Ironic, innit?


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