[busybox] No such device tty2, tty3, tty4 on embedded system

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Wednesday 21 May 2008 10:27, Roberto A. Foglietta wrote:
> > bbox init with CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SYSLOG off outputs
> > error messages to /dev/tty5. This is not new.
> > Although I do not understand why is it so. Looks strangely arbitrary...
> > do we need to change that? How?
> >
> 
>  Sorry, what appear strangely arbitrary? and change what? I always use
> 1.0.x and 1.2.x version of busybox and this is the first time I am
> using "new" busybox. I think is natural having to familiarize with new
> bb and its options.

I mean - this "log to vc #5" behavior seems to be arbitrary.
Why vc #5 and not #6? Why vc and not serial line? and so on.

You just got bitten by this arbitrariness. Good moment to think
what can be a better behavior.

Would you like init to just log to console - say, fd #2 which
is passed to init by the kernel?
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