Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 02:55:47PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
[...]
>> Kernel messages (printk) go to all registered consoles with flag
>> CON_ENABLED.
>>
>> User space talks to /dev/console. The kernel routes that to the
>> preferred console, which is the last one on the command line, if any,
>> or else the first one to register (typically the virtual terminal).
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Previously I had console=tty0 console=ttyS0, which used to work fine
> but now doesn't. Though perhaps it shouldn't have worked at all.
>
> I now have console=ttyS0 only, and everything is working fine.
>
> I am guessing that with dual consoles, printk is going to both consoles,
> but user-space only goes to the first console, as Markus suggests. And I
The *last* console on the kernel command line!
> guess that for some reason previously user-space also went to both
> consoles.
>
> I also tried with console=ttyS0 console=tty0, and both printk and
> in this case user-space does not seem to go to the serial console,
> perhaps tty0 always wins for some reason?
tty0 wins because you specified it last.
> Thanks again.
>
> --
> Horms
> H: http://www.vergenet.net/~horms/
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