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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:35:16 +0100 (BST)
From: Ewan Mac Mahon <ecm103@york.ac.uk>
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To: James Simmons <jsimmons@transvirtual.com>
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Subject: VT code in 2.5.26,27 breaks with devfs
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Hi,

It seems that the rearranged VT/console init code in 2.5.26 and 2.5.27
doesn't call con_init_devfs to register the VTs. On boot a devfs only
system can't open gettys since the /dev/vc/x nodes don't exist, while a
non-devfs system is fine.

This one liner fixes it for me,

Ewan

diff -urN linux-2.5.27-clean/drivers/char/console.c linux-2.5.27-devfs_vc/drivers/char/console.c
--- linux-2.5.27-clean/drivers/char/console.c	Sat Jul 20 20:11:57 2002
+++ linux-2.5.27-devfs_vc/drivers/char/console.c	Mon Jul 22 10:44:09 2002
@@ -2525,6 +2525,7 @@
 
 	kbd_init();
 	console_map_init();
+	con_init_devfs();
 	vcs_init();
 	return 0;
 }








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