Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:31:51 -0500 | From | Peter Hurley <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tty: Add sysfs symlink for console name->tty device |
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On 02/27/2014 06:13 AM, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> wrote: >> Enable a user-space process to discover the underlying tty device >> for a console, if one exists, and when the tty device is later >> created or destroyed. >> >> Add sysfs symlinks for registered consoles to their respective >> devices in [sys/class,sys/devices/virtual]/tty/console. >> Scan consoles at tty device (un)registration to handle deferred >> console<->device (un)binding. > > What tool is supposed to read that? I can't think of anything > interested in this, as soon as we have fixed the "active" console > output.
Kay,
With all due respect, that "fix" is a ridiculous hack, being done for self-serving expedience. It already caused one user-space breakage which you did not expect.
This sysfs interface is superior in every way.
Regards, Peter Hurley
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