Re: /dev/console should it always be available?

From: Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Date: Sat Feb 26 2000 - 11:56:19 EST


On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Mike Panetta wrote:

> Should /dev/console always be available even if there is no video card
> or keyboard on a machine? I keep getting these messages in the logs
> about init not being able to open(/dev/console) when I remove the
> video card from an embedded box I am working on.

Odd. Attached is a patch which may let you escape the complaints
if you boot with "console=null".

Matthew.



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