Re: CVS update: boot-floppies/utilities/busybox

[Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr>]

Hartmut Koptein wrote:
> On Dec 13, delaunay@master.debian.org wrote:
> > 
> > Date:	Sunday December 13, 1998 @ 10:24
> > Author:	delaunay
> > 
> > Update of /debian/home/sr1/lib/cvs/boot-floppies/utilities/busybox
> > In directory master:/tmp/cvs-serv3074/utilities/busybox
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	init.c 
> > Log Message:
> > - use /dev/cuaX instead of /dev/ttySX (for sparc 2.0 kernel)
>              ^^^^  why?

The previous kernel I used for sparc (2.0.33) was patched to use /dev/ttySX.
Since the new one (2.0.35) is not fixed like that, I have had to revert back
to /dev/cuaX.
I guess is a sparc specific stuff.  I don't know whether other archs make use
of /dev/ttySX in the kernel to support serial consoles.  Any hints ?
BTW, new 2.1 kernel is using a special device for /dev/console, but I need to
write the code to autodetect it and not to replace /dev/console by a symlink
to the serial device.

Regards.


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