Re: how to know the real device used by /dev/console ?

[Anders Hammarquist <iko@cd.chalmers.se>]

> 
> Hello,
> 
>   is there a way (an ioctl or such) to get the real device connected to
> /dev/console ?  Especially, I need to know whether the console is connected to
> a serial one or not.

Hmm, you could check /proc/openprom/std{in,out}-path. If both are the same, the PROM console is serial. There may be better ways though...

/Anders

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