linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Allow hvc tty's to pose as vt's

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Message-ID: <20100514174348.74b74821@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 14 May 2010 17:43:48 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Soren Hansen <soren@...ux2go.dk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Allow hvc tty's to pose as vt's

On Fri, 14 May 2010 18:10:12 +0200
Soren Hansen <soren@...ux2go.dk> wrote:

> Allow for hvc based tty's to take over the vt driver's major number
> and namespace.

We've got a perfect good udev and symlink functionality to
rename devices in userspace.

NAK.

I can see why its useful as a hack in a specific user environment but its
not appropriate for upstream.

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