Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tty: Add NULL TTY driver | From | "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <> | Date | Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:17:28 +0200 |
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On 11.04.19 15:05, Adamski, Krzysztof (Nokia - PL/Wroclaw) wrote:
> There are (embedded) cases where the kernel ring buffer is stored for> log inspection and all the logs that are *not* wanted there (like> interactive debug logs, some progress bar, etc) are send specifically to> /dev/console to avoid sending them to normal log store (as they are only> useful when debugging over console). In non-debug mode /dev/console> becomes /dev/null to speed things up. So, in your case, it doesn't need to be an actual tty, any file/chardev already do it, correct ? But then, why is that new driver needed ? --mtx
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