Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Sep 2004 02:55:54 -0700 (PDT) | From | Mike Mestnik <> | Subject | Re: Design for setting video modes, ownership of sysfs attributes |
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--- Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> Isn't there an enviroment variable that tells what device is the > console for the session? How do you tell what serial port you're on > when multiple people are logged in on serial lines? > The FDs 0, 1 and posibly 2 will be the console. Per posix? There should be no other ties to the current console. Right?
I think this is totaly a userspace question or do we need to find out the procs console in an ioctl?
> > On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:33:54 -0700, Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> > wrote: > > > > Around 18 o'clock on Sep 18, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > > The sysfs scheme has the advantage that there is no special user > > > command required. You just use echo or cp to set the mode. > > > > But it makes it difficult to associate the sysfs entry with the > particular > > session. Seems like permitting multiple opens of /dev/fb0 with mode > > setting done on that file pointer will be easier to keep straight > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jon Smirl > jonsmirl@gmail.com >
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