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Re: creating /dev/console
Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:23:18 +0200,
> Hinko Kocevar <hinko.kocevar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
>> I would like my kernel to create /dev/console device entry if one is
>> not present on root filesystem.
>
> Looks odd that you need something like this. Why not using an initramfs
> instead ?
It's for embedded system, where we don't want initramfs
due to space constrains, nor do we use dynamic /dev helpers (udev, mdev, ..)
for performance reasons. I know it's hack, but hey what's not ;))
It's handy if the filesystem can be 'patched' on-the-fly by the kernel
to make it bootable.
Regards,
Hinko
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