Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:47:34 +0100 From: Edward Napierala <trasz@freebsd.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, owner-src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r335004 - head/release/tools Message-ID: <20180613184734.GA71415@brick> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpoNf9kScSLRX%2Bv7=t6QsiDNtY_yqknQLVr_vSHTFnSqw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201806121645.w5CGjrMM099365@repo.freebsd.org> <941a15be461602ae3d723c3f30804248@megadrive.org> <CAFLM3-oKsP70WmDfDn82-Z9wZ6%2BkJM7WC1aLJGKVm-rsf0Yd_A@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfpoNf9kScSLRX%2Bv7=t6QsiDNtY_yqknQLVr_vSHTFnSqw@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 0613T0730, Warner Losh wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 6:39 AM, Edward Napierala <trasz@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > 2018-06-13 12:43 GMT+01:00 Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>:
> >
> >> On 2018-06-12 18:45, Edward Tomasz Napierala wrote:
[..]
> >> + echo '# USB OTG virtual serial port' \
> >>> + >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/ttys
> >>> + echo 'ttyU0 "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire" vt100
> >>> onifconsole secure' \
> >>> + >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/ttys
> >>> + echo 'ttyU1 "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire" vt100
> >>> onifconsole secure' \
> >>> + >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/ttys
> >>>
> >>
> >> If I have no OTG port and a usb<->uart plugged into my board that will
> >> give weird result no ?
> >>
> >
> > No, because that port won't be marked as console. This only applies
> > to the "virtual" OTG serial ports.
> >
>
> Right, and console is an overloaded term. Here it just means 'tty marked
> by the kernel that gets a getty started on it automatically after it shows
> up' not 'the device that gets all the kernel I/O.'
Yup. But again - this reuses the functionality that's already there
in init(8), while avoiding the renaming of device nodes. And eventually,
those ports might become actual consoles, making things nicely aligned.
[..]
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20180613184734.GA71415>