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

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Message-ID: <20101201111539.GA12029@boole.suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:15:40 +0100
From:	"Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@...e.de>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:40:20PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > 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.

Just to be sure, do you have noticed my mail with the
ID <20101119170736.GA4177@...le.suse.de> which had
attached the the patch?

   Werner

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