Subject: Re: On /dev/console, /dev/constty and the TIOCCONS ioctl
To: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/06/2003 19:08:54
[ On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 14:57:32 (-0700), Greywolf wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: On /dev/console, /dev/constty and the TIOCCONS ioctl
>
> Even the evil trinity of console/syscons/systty afforded only name
> separation in reality -- Most times syscons/systty were hard-linked
> to /dev/console.

I don't think you understand at all how /dev/systty and /dev/syscon
worked or were used properly.

They ware a very valuable invention for their time, but they're not
quite so useful on modern systems where single user mode is rarely used
"temporarily".

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