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
next 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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