Re: [PATCH 1/1] console: add /proc/consoles

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Nov 04 2010 - 09:26:49 EST


On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 10:57:02AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 11/03/2010 10:12 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 09:03:42PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >> On 11/03/2010 06:39 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 05:25:32PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >>>> Actually where this code should be in fs/proc/? Most of the /proc/* is
> >>>> handled elsewhere (fs/ mm/ kernel/). The rest is handled in specialized
> >>>> fs/proc/FILE.c.
> >>>
> >>> What's wrong with putting it into fs/proc/proc_tty.c? That seems like
> >>> the most logical thing to me...
> >>
> >> consoles have little to do with ttys. Except ttys can be consoles.
> >
> > And all consoles are ttys :)
>
> Oh, they are not. Or maybe I'm missing something?

No, you are correct, I was wrong.

> >> To me
> >> it seems illogical to have info about netconsole, parallel consoles or
> >> early serials somewhere in /proc/tty/. That's why I moved the info from
> >> /proc/tty/ to /proc and the code from fs/proc/proc_tty.c to
> >> kernel/printk.c where consoles are managed.
> >
> > Ok, how about fs/proc/proc_console.c instead?
>
> Yes, this sounds good.

Great.

thanks,

greg k-h
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