On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 10:32:32AM +0100, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:

 > You should view it as a variable controlling kernel behaviour: 
 > - where does it direct console output?
 > - where does it get console input from?

Although, it doesn't really control anything -- it's just a way to
know which hardware is being used for the console.

...hm, but the more that I think about it, the more kern. does seem
like the right place...

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