Re: patch for 2.4.0 disable printk

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@suse.com)
Date: Mon Jan 29 2001 - 12:40:45 EST


> You are right... this patch make no sense on a computer system with human
> interactions. But think on tiny hidden computers, like in a dishwasher or a
> traffic light. This computer are standalone, if it crash, then it will be
> rebooted.
> Nobody will attach a terminal to this kind of computer, nobody is interessted
> on a logfile. Nobody will see a oops, because nobdy is there.

What do you suggest we do with /dev/console and stdin, stdout, stderr?
The kernel needs a /dev/console to boot with.

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