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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] tty: Add sysfs symlink for console name->tty device
    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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