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From: Tomko <tomko@avantwave.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: question why need open /dev/console in init() when starting kernel
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:01:57 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42A00065.9060201@avantwave.com> (raw)

Hi everyone,

Do anyone know why it need to open("/dev/console"....) at the end of the 
init() before calling execve("/sbin/init") ? Why open this for the in , 
out , err channel at this moment but not open it at the time when going 
to use , e.g. open it in the shell .

Regards,
TOM

             reply	other threads:[~2005-06-03  7:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-03  7:01 Tomko [this message]
2005-06-03 10:32 ` question why need open /dev/console in init() when starting kernel Richard B. Johnson
2005-06-03 14:15   ` Wakko Warner
2005-06-03 14:40     ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-06-03 15:08       ` Wakko Warner
     [not found]     ` <42A073BA.5040700@yahoo.com>
     [not found]       ` <20050603152017.GC14641@animx.eu.org>
2005-06-03 16:41         ` J. Scott Kasten
     [not found] <4betH-75D-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-06-03 10:06 ` Bodo Eggert

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