Re: /dev/console in kernels > 2.6.11?

Ben Greear <[email protected]> Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:08:39 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bbc.devel
Organization Candela Technologies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Paul Gray wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 12:36:13PM -0800, Ben Greear wrote:
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>>Hello!
>>
>>It appears that we need to create /dev/console using mknod
>>in the root file system for kernels greater than 2.6.11
>>(at least, 2.6.13 panics on boot due to not finding /dev/console, it 
>>appears).
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>>Anyone know the correct place to add the mknod command to the
>>build process?
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> 
> Is your image still using devfs?  Or have you moved to udev?

I forked off a while back...I don't actually know what I'm using
as far as the lnx-bbc goes.  The kernel config is specifying CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
however.

For what it's worth...I believe I've added the correct mknod
commands, but it still panics...

What all is involved in moving to udev?

Ben

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