On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Aaron Digulla wrote:

> There should be a new kernel function which only works for a process with
> the PID 1 and which uses the *kernel* function to display text on the
> console (same as the kernel during bootup).

I think it would be a heck of a lot cleaner and simpler just to
have the kernel do a quick check for /dev/console on the root
device, and warn the user if it doesn't exist.

cjs

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