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From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] systemd: let getty instead of serial-getty handle /dev/console
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:01:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87intpzqge.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160911210951.GP5740@free.fr> (Yann E. MORIN's message of "Sun,  11 Sep 2016 23:09:51 +0200")

>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> writes:

 > Floris, All,
 > On 2016-09-09 18:10 +0200, Floris Bos spake thusly:
 >> The serial-getty unit depends on dev-%i.device which does not
 >> seem to be created for /dev/console
 >> Workaround this by letting normal getty unit handle things
 >> if BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT is set to 'console'
 >> 
 >> Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>

 > I haven't tested that, but I think this is OK just on principle.

 > I just wonder if that behaves correctly when console is a serial line or
 > anything else (e.g. a VT on HDMI, or through a debug channel...)

Yeah, me too. Does anybody know what the difference exactly is between
getty/serial-getty, and when one should be used over the other?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-21  7:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-09 16:10 [Buildroot] [PATCH] systemd: let getty instead of serial-getty handle /dev/console Floris Bos
2016-09-11 20:00 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-09-11 21:09 ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-09-21  7:01   ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
2016-09-21 20:05     ` Peter Seiderer
2016-09-21 21:47       ` Floris Bos
2016-09-22 18:50         ` Peter Seiderer
2016-09-22 19:25           ` Floris Bos
2016-09-25 21:44             ` Peter Seiderer

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