Re: [PATCH] tty: Add NULL TTY driver

From: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Date: Fri Apr 05 2019 - 04:39:59 EST


On 03.04.19 16:11, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:

> Especially on embedded systems, it would be convenient to have a simple
> way to disable the console (both for kernel and userspace) on a system
> which normally uses it, to free up the UART for other things.

Just symlinking to /dev/null does not work ?

OTOH, if you're introducing a dummy console, wouldn't a ringbuffer that,
can be read out later, a better option ?


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