Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Flexible Console open (really little patch) | Date | Mon, 17 Aug 1998 23:40:32 +0100 (BST) |
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> No - the idea is more to make it possible for the user to see all the > warning messages generated by the boot scripts - so he can turn the option > on. There is another point for allowing /etc/console: if the kernel opens > /etc/console instead of /dev/console it's possible to unmount /dev from
The file is /dev/console. Having to hack the os to put bogus device nodes into /etc invalidates all the devfs arguments for having devfs to support devices on media that dont support dev files. If devfs needs this then devfs is broken or fix /sbin/init to open your /dev/ files for you
Alan
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