> > I don't think so. It solves a problem at a very easy way and does not
> > hurt anyone. We support a few paths for the init program - why don't
> > be flexible with the path of /dev/console? (Specialy if there is a good
> > reason for: it's possible that /dev will be mounted later from a boot
> > script.)
> >
> > - clifford
>
> We support several paths for init for historical reasons only (early
> Linux didn't have /sbin.) If anything it should be supported via a
> kernel command line argument. This mostly sounds to me like bloat to
> support some more bloatware -- devfs.
>
> -hpa
But devfs will go in the kernel - so it is absolute sensefull to make
the usage of devfs as easy as possible. And it really does not hurt
to allow two diffrent locations for the console device file ...
- clifford
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