Re: VT-less kernels, and /dev/console on x86

[Bernd Petrovitsch]

Hi all!

On 18.08.24 02:09, nerdopolis wrote:
[...]
> I originally brought this up on linux-serial, but I think it makes more sense
> that it's part of how printk console device selection works. Without VTs, while
> most software is able to handle the situation, some userspace programs expect
> /dev/console to still be responsive. Namely systemd. It calls isatty() against
> /dev/console, and since /dev/console on VT-less systems currently defaults to
> /dev/ttyS0, and when /dev/ttyS0 is disconnected, the ioctl's fail, and it
> refuses to write log messages to it.

What's wrong with fixing systemd?

Kind regards,
	Bernd
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