Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:50:45 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 28/49] tty: Add a new file /proc/tty/consoles |
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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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