[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] add support for virtual terminal

Yegor Yefremov yegor_sub1 at visionsystems.de
Tue Nov 8 09:41:12 UTC 2011


> Hi,
>
>  >> I'm not sure I like another option for this - Can't you just use the
>  >> existing GENERIC_SERIAL and/or the post-build script for this?
>
>  Yegor> I'd like to have both serial console and virtual one (on tty I
>  Yegor> experiment with my program and vie serial console I can do other
>  Yegor> administrative tasks. One could use ssh, but this implies having
>  Yegor> network connection). Every time I execute make clean or clone BR
>  Yegor> I loose my inittab. Earlier versions of inittab had some ttys
>  Yegor> predefined, but they were deleted, so I thought, it would be
>  Yegor> useful to add this as an option. This way everyone should be
>  Yegor> satisfied.
>
> .. until someone wants a getty on tty2 or tty3 or so on. We need to keep
> serial config, as different boards have differnt serial port names, but
> I would like to keep the configuration options to a minimum, and just
> let people use custom inittab / skeleton or add it with the post-build
> script for special stuff.

O.K. I see your point and will follow Thomas's advice adding tty1 to my custom script.

Yegor


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