[1.16.2] Can't stop "ping" with CTRL+c

[Laurent Bercot]

> The problem I seem to be having, is that the device nodes are created
> dynamically by mdev, and that point, neither /dev/tty nor /dev/ttyBF0
> exist, so it fails with the following error message:
> (...)
> Does someone have an idea about what to do? Is it possible to run mdev
> before any reference is made to tty?

 Don't start your /bin/login or getty process before some basic
one-time initialization has been made - in which you'll populate your
/dev directory with mdev -s.
 In the sysvinit language, that means:
 - make sure your "mdev -s" command happens in the "rc.sysinit" script
 - start your getty or login process *in a runlevel*, i.e. when the
rc.sysinit process has completed.

 For instance:

 S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyBF0

 should open a terminal on /dev/ttyBF0 once your early initialization
has been made and your init system is in some runlevel from 1 to 5.

 For an easier time with initialization and service supervision,
consider runit or s6:
 http://smarden.org/runit/
 http://www.skarnet.org/software/s6/

-- 
 Laurent