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

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Message-ID: <20101120124020.43710d91@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:40:20 +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

> Uhmm ... just to say it: I've been asked by Fedorea people and also
> by Debian people why I had not submitted this patch and I've told
> them that I had it done long time ago ;)
> 
> It seems to me that there is some demand but most user space
> monitoring applications uses workarounds (AFAICR plymouth
> uses hard coded VT for boot and shutdown).

I think the market won the argument on this one - so please yes - submit
it.
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