[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] fs/common: Create initial console device
Arnout Vandecappelle
arnout at mind.be
Sat Nov 10 02:26:08 UTC 2012
On 11/05/12 10:44, Markos Chandras wrote:
> From: Markos Chandras<markos.chandras at imgtec.com>
>
> A /dev/console node must be present in rootfs when the Linux kernel
> boots otherwise the kernel will print the following warning:
> "Warning: unable to open an initial console"
>
> This is because when we use an initramfs the /dev directory is not
> populated at this point. This can cause problems when a program
> (e.g ldso with early debugging enabled) opens a standard file
> descriptor for read/write before these descriptors are actually
> created by the init process later on.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras<markos.chandras at imgtec.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
Tested-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
Regards,
Arnout
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