Grzegorz
I have put together a small fix for init which uses the init.autocon=1
kernel parameter you suggested. If I send you a tarball with the init
source code, could you test it and confirm it works in your environment?
Jesse
> Hi, thank you for your answer.
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> I managed the situation by reverting to version 2.88 and temporarily disabling automatic upgrades of sysvinit.
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> While all your ideas 1, 2, 3 are viable, I have fourth idea: add kernel parameter, for example, init.autocon=1, which will enable automatic console creation. This would have two advantages over idea 2:
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> - shorter cmdline
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> - no necessity of repeating (DRY principle)
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> For example, instead of cmdline:
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> console=tty0 console=ttyS0,15200 console=ttyS1,9600 init.console=tty0 init.console=ttyS0,15200 init.console=ttyS1,9600
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> it would be:
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> console=tty0 console=ttyS0,15200 console=ttyS1,9600 init.autocon=1
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> and if this cmdline is going to be generated (for example, by sophiscated bootloader or by installer) or changed manually, it would be far easier to maintain console names and baudrates if these do not need to be repeated twice.
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> Sincerely,
> Grzegorz Borowiak
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