[RFC] procd: Use /dev/console for serial console if exists

Gaurav Pathak gaurav.pathak at pantacor.com
Sat Apr 24 12:01:02 BST 2021


Modified inittab.c to use "/dev/console" as preferred console if exists.

Signed-off-by: Gaurav Pathak <gaurav.pathak at pantacor.com>
---
Edited inittab.c to check and use "/dev/console" as the first
console device before parsing "/sys/class/tty/console/active".
 inittab.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/inittab.c b/inittab.c
index 2c2270c..716bcee 100644
--- a/inittab.c
+++ b/inittab.c
@@ -190,7 +190,13 @@ static void askconsole(struct init_action *a)
 	 */
 	tty = get_cmdline_val("console", line, sizeof(line));
 	if (tty == NULL) {
-		tty = get_active_console(line, sizeof(line));
+                if (dev_exist("/dev/console")) {
+                        tty = "/dev/console";
+                }
+                else {
+                        tty = get_active_console(line, sizeof(line));
+                }
+
 	}
 	if (tty != NULL) {
 		split = strchr(tty, ',');
-- 
2.25.1




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