> > No - the idea is more to make it possible for the user to see all the
> > warning messages generated by the boot scripts - so he can turn the option
> > on. There is another point for allowing /etc/console: if the kernel opens
> > /etc/console instead of /dev/console it's possible to unmount /dev from
>
> The file is /dev/console. Having to hack the os to put bogus device nodes
> into /etc invalidates all the devfs arguments for having devfs to support
> devices on media that dont support dev files. If devfs needs this then
> devfs is broken or fix /sbin/init to open your /dev/ files for you
devfs is not in need of this. I don't think I need to elaborate.
-Shawn
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