Re: TIOCGDEV Error on Boot

From: Kevin Nathan (knathan_at_project54.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:24:21 -0700

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:51:47 GMT
Snug's Dad <I'm@home.now> wrote:

> I get that too...I would be interested in an explanation of what it
> is...:)
>

>From a short thread on the Linux Kernel mailing list, it's a low-level
system call attempting to find the physical console. One msg said
something about inhibitting boot msgs if not found. Linus Torvalds
wanted to see them use a symlink in the /proc or /dev trees instead,
but the discussion ended just a few msgs later. This was around the
2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels.

If you want to research it more, do a google search for TIOCGDEV. I
assume it stands for something like: Terminal I/O Character Graphics
Device . . . 

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