Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:01:57 +0800 | From | Tomko <> | Subject | question why need open /dev/console in init() when starting kernel |
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Hi everyone,
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 .
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