Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:56:32 +0100 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@free.fr>, hackers@freebsd.org, current ML <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: strange behaviour with /sbin/init and serial console Message-ID: <20081031195632.GR1165@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <490B5C42.10200@samsco.org> References: <200810311746.23743.thierry.herbelot@free.fr> <20081031190614.GQ1165@hoeg.nl> <490B5C42.10200@samsco.org>
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--bAwSoJxbKYwy34Oe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote: > The multiplexed console feature is one thing that linux got right. In a > corporate setting, you really need both a serial console and a video > console in order to effectively manage the machines, as you want to be > able to access them both remotely and locally. While it might be hard > to build multiplexing into the console driver, do you think it would be > possible to layer a multiplexer on top of it, similar to how the kbdmux > driver works? I'm not sure at which level we should implement this. I mainly wrote the new /dev/console implementation, because it is a lot more simple than the existing one and removes ugly hacks from the TTY code (like recursive locking, etc). Maybe if I can find some more time I'll look into it more closely, but my todo list is very long right now. ;-) --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --bAwSoJxbKYwy34Oe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkLYvAACgkQ52SDGA2eCwWvvACZAfYAV/IvOOGWyY6j+9vcm0vB CiwAn1rLoPAAIUKQi5/pKTZZQwYY2S/4 =BFJv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bAwSoJxbKYwy34Oe--
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