Hi Ben!
On 4/7/19 1:53 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> root@landau:~# cat /proc/consoles
>> ttyHV0 -W- (EC p ) 4:64
>> tty0 -WU (E ) 4:1
>> root@landau:~# readlink /sys/dev/char/4:64
>> ../../devices/root/f0299a70/f029b788/tty/ttyS0
>
> The inconsistent name seems like a kernel bug...
Yes. I'm trying to convince Dave Miller to fix this.
Do you think we could carry a patch in src:linux for the time being?
>> root@landau:~#
>>
>> And this is what used to make it work [1]:
>>
>> *) # >= 2.6.38
>> console_major_minor="$(get-real-console-linux)"
>> console_raw="$(readlink "/sys/dev/char/${console_major_minor}")"
>> console="${console_raw##*/}"
>> ;;
>
> So maybe rootskel should use that again, but applied to each console's
> char device number.
>
> (Though directly using the symlinks under /dev/char seems cleaner than
> poking in sysfs.)
I agree.
Adrian
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