On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 03:47:05PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Currently the bootlogd(8) or blogd(8) parse the kernels command line
> > and if available do an ioctl TIOCGDEV (not supported by the upstream
> > kernel), then create a pty/tty pair, do an ioctl TIOCCONS to forward
> 
> So perhaps the vendors using TIOCGDEV could get off their collective
> backsides and submit it upstream ?

That I've tried 10 years before. If you think it's worth to retry
you may have a look on the attachment only for a short review

     Werner

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