From: adamsimonelli@gmail.com
To: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Adam Simonelli <adamsimonelli@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 4/4] Documentation/serial-console: Document CONFIG_NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_CONSOLE.
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 23:31:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250311033133.1859963-5-adamsimonelli@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250311033133.1859963-1-adamsimonelli@gmail.com>
From: Adam Simonelli <adamsimonelli@gmail.com>
When the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_CONSOLE and
no console= options are selected, it defaults to using the ttynull
device.
---
Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst
index a3dfc2c66e01..1609e7479249 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ If no console device is specified, the first device found capable of
acting as a system console will be used. At this time, the system
first looks for a VGA card and then for a serial port. So if you don't
have a VGA card in your system the first serial port will automatically
-become the console.
+become the console, unless the kernel is configured with the
+CONFIG_NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_CONSOLE option, then it will default to using the
+ttynull device.
You will need to create a new device to use ``/dev/console``. The official
``/dev/console`` is now character device 5,1.
--
2.45.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-11 3:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-11 3:31 [PATCH v8 0/4] Optionally allow ttynull to be selected as a default console adamsimonelli
2025-03-11 3:31 ` [PATCH v8 1/4] ttynull: Always initialize console index to -1 adamsimonelli
2025-03-12 14:38 ` Petr Mladek
2025-03-13 12:09 ` Adam Simonelli
2025-03-11 3:31 ` [PATCH v8 2/4] ttynull: Add an option to allow ttynull to be used as a console device adamsimonelli
2025-03-12 15:37 ` Petr Mladek
2025-03-11 3:31 ` [PATCH v8 3/4] tty: Change order of ttynull to be linked sooner if enabled as a console adamsimonelli
2025-03-11 3:31 ` adamsimonelli [this message]
2025-03-12 15:40 ` [PATCH v8 4/4] Documentation/serial-console: Document CONFIG_NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_CONSOLE Petr Mladek
2025-03-11 19:50 ` [PATCH v8 0/4] Optionally allow ttynull to be selected as a default console Andy Shevchenko
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