Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tty: Add NULL TTY driver | From | "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <> | Date | Fri, 5 Apr 2019 10:39:43 +0200 |
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On 03.04.19 16:11, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:
> Especially on embedded systems, it would be convenient to have a simple > way to disable the console (both for kernel and userspace) on a system > which normally uses it, to free up the UART for other things.
Just symlinking to /dev/null does not work ?
OTOH, if you're introducing a dummy console, wouldn't a ringbuffer that, can be read out later, a better option ?
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