linux-kernel - Re: VT-less kernels, and /dev/console on x86

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Message-ID: <2024081821-taps-briskly-c23f@gregkh>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 07:12:58 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: nerdopolis <bluescreen_avenger@...izon.net>
Cc: pmladek@...e.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, john.ogness@...utronix.de,
	senozhatsky@...omium.org, tglx@...utronix.de, tony@...mide.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
Subject: Re: VT-less kernels, and /dev/console on x86

On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 10:31:17PM -0400, nerdopolis wrote:
> The thought is that when distributions eventually decide to go VT-less they are
> not going to want to change the kernel boot options in the bootloader config to
> force console=ttynull, and might want this to happen automatically.

If/when they want to do this, odds are a command line will be fine, or
they will build in ttynull properly into their kernels.

thanks,

greg k-h