Re: A sort of plan for consoles in FreeBSD



On Sunday 28 May 2006 01:05, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
In message <20060528.011518.1306332021.imp@xxxxxxxxxx>, "M. Warner
Losh" writes

In message: <16029.1148764704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
: 4. The /dev/console device in multi-user mode.
: Emergency output device for critical messages.

Who is generating these messages?

Typically programs in distress.

FWIW. The syslog(3) library call will open /dev/console if it cannot
connect to the syslog socket and LOG_CONS is set.

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Peter Wemm - peter@xxxxxxxx; peter@xxxxxxxxxxx; peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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