Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 19:40:35 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.i386 ttys src/etc/etc.alpha ttys Message-ID: <20000129114035.3A9C01C03@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> of "Sat, 29 Jan 2000 14:43:33 %2B1100." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001291438320.8320-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > > obrien 2000/01/28 16:50:21 PST > > > > Modified files: > > etc/etc.i386 ttys > > etc/etc.alpha ttys > > Log: > > * Use `console' rather than `ttyv0' so there will always be a getty on > > the console reguardless of the type of console. > > * Make the Alpha version match the i386 version. > > Now is not a good time to awaken bugs in the console driver. > > Bugs in the commit: > - when the console is a serial console, no getty is started on /dev/ttyv0. > - cons25 is the wrong type for a serial console. Additional bugs: - getty does a revoke(2) - this revokes /dev/console for all background processes during startup, and syslogd(8) writing to /dev/console, among other things. - a getty on ttyv0 or ttyd0 also causes a revoke(2) once-only(?) on /dev/console. when booting in serial console mode. This is very bad too. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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