From: Gordon McNutt <gmcnutt@ridgerun.com>
To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>
Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: console knowledge
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 11:15:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A27EAD6.83E03DFB@ridgerun.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20001201185321.A3211@bacchus.dhis.org
This is a little off-topic, so if people complain I can take it offline. But
since this doesn't seem to be (very) common knowledge maybe others would like to
see it, as well.
Ralf Baechle wrote:
> /dev/console (as chardev 5/1) differs from another device in some important
> ways:
>
> - When opened by a process without controlling tty it will not become a
> CTTY even if the NOCTTY flag is not set.
What do you mean by "controlling tty"? And why is the distinction noted above
important? I assume it has something to do with keyboard input/screen output, but
perhaps you can clarify.
Thanks,
--Gordon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-12-01 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-30 6:48 Indigo2 Kernel Boots!!! Jesse Dyson
2000-11-30 7:53 ` Klaus Naumann
2000-11-30 14:41 ` Jesse Dyson
2000-11-30 15:56 ` Keith M Wesolowski
2000-11-30 16:10 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2000-11-30 16:10 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2000-11-30 23:59 ` Ralf Baechle
2000-12-01 7:22 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2000-12-01 7:22 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2000-12-01 15:33 ` Harald Koerfgen
2000-12-01 17:53 ` Ralf Baechle
2000-12-01 18:15 ` Gordon McNutt [this message]
2000-12-02 1:53 ` console knowledge Ralf Baechle
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