linux-kernel - Re: linux-2.6.31 INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error (due to commit b50989dc444599c8b21edc23536fc305f4e9b7d5)

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Message-ID: <20090924160136.44e31ad0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:01:36 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-2.6.31 INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error (due
 to  commit b50989dc444599c8b21edc23536fc305f4e9b7d5)

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:24:45 +0800
Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com> wrote:

> Latest linux pull few days ago broke the console.
> 
> The error during boot up while switching from init S to M showed
> 
> INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error
> 
> 
> Reverting this commit solves the problem. This is 100% repeatable on a
> "real" machine, but does not show up on kvm or vmware guest console.

It is timing dependant. A discussion and some fixes were posted a while
ago.
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