linux-kernel - Re: tty: add 'active' sysfs attribute to tty0 and console device

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Message-ID: <20101119154705.7829487a@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:47:05 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@...e.de>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: tty: add 'active' sysfs attribute to tty0 and console device

> Currently the bootlogd(8) or blogd(8) parse the kernels command line
> and if available do an ioctl TIOCGDEV (not supported by the upstream
> kernel), then create a pty/tty pair, do an ioctl TIOCCONS to forward

So perhaps the vendors using TIOCGDEV could get off their collective
backsides and submit it upstream ?

Alan
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