linux-kernel - Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] tty: Set correct tty name in 'active' sysfs attribute

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Date:	Wed, 5 Feb 2014 17:38:16 +0100
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc:	systemd-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] tty: Set correct tty name in 'active'
 sysfs attribute

On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 11:11:46AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> The 'active' sysfs attribute should refer to the currently
> active tty devices the console is running on, not the currently
> active console.
> The console structure doesn't refer to any device in sysfs,
> only the tty the console is running on has.
> So we need to print out the tty names in 'active', not
> the console names.
> 
> Cc: Lennart Poettering <lennart@...ttering.net>
> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
> Signed-off-by: Werner Fink <werner@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Would have been nice to actually cc: the tty maintainer(s) :(

scripts/get_maintainer.pl is your friend...

greg k-h
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