Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:39:31 -0800 (PST) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] vc_tty addition |
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> > the printk is currently writting to the VT console. This small patch is > > the first step toward that. Also tusing vc_tty will be needed in > > keyboard.c when it handles more than one keyboard. > > What happens when you have no tty bound to your console - and its just for > messages (eg the printer port console) ?
What? What happens when you open /dev/console then? The tty layer redirects the console to some tty normally.
If this is the case then I will do it the way I started out. Having the lock in struct console and sharing it with the tty layer. I was thinking about a tty_driver just for the struct console list anyways. Currently accessing /dev/console only effects the first console in the list instead of all of them. If this is true then that means /dev/consoel can exist without /dev/tty which could be a good thing.
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