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SubjectRe: serial console _after_ boot ? - was: Redirect kernel console
>>>i was wondering how to make kernel messages appear on /dev/ttyS0
>>without a reboot, i.e. kernelparam "console=ttyS0"
>>
>>The solution is simple... the following piece of code is inside
>>opensuse-10.3/src/sysvinit-2.86-115.src.rpm#showconsole-1.08.tar.bz2#showconsole-1.08/blogd.c
>>
>> (void)ioctl(0, TIOCCONS, NULL); /* Undo any current map if any */
>> if (ioctl(pts, TIOCCONS, NULL) < 0)
>> error("can not set console device to %s: %s\n", ptsname,
>>strerror(errno));
>>
>>so I suppose that's it. Write up a new program that calls the ioctl
>>on a tty, and you should be done. IOW:
>
>TIOCCONS only works for pseudo terminals.
>
>Besides, it only redirects stuff you send to /dev/console. It
>doesn't change what devices printk() prints to. Currently there
>is no way to change that on a running kernel.
>
>Mike.

too bad, but thanks for the info.
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