[patch] add class/tty/console/real_dev symlink

[patch] add class/tty/console/real_dev symlink

[Hollis Blanchard]

This patch adds a symlink from /sys/class/tty/console/real_dev to 
e.g. /sys/class/tty/ttyS0 . This is needed because there is no way for 
userspace to determine what device the kernel is using as its console, and in 
the case of an installer that is important information. Otherwise, the 
installer cannot know which serial port you're booting on, for example, and 
so wouldn't know where to display itself.

This "works for me". I'm not overly attached to the name of the symlink 
though. Comments?

-- 
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center

===== drivers/char/tty_io.c 1.147 vs edited =====
--- 1.147/drivers/char/tty_io.c Sat Oct  2 17:45:19 2004
+++ edited/drivers/char/tty_io.c Wed Oct  6 17:08:27 2004
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@
 #define TTY_PARANOIA_CHECK 1
 #define CHECK_TTY_COUNT 1
 
+static struct class_device *console_dev;
+
 struct termios tty_std_termios = { /* for the benefit of tty drivers  */
  .c_iflag = ICRNL | IXON,
  .c_oflag = OPOST | ONLCR,
@@ -2640,6 +2642,9 @@
 {
  char name[64];
  dev_t dev = MKDEV(driver->major, driver->minor_start) + index;
+ struct class_device *tty_dev;
+ struct tty_driver *console_driver;
+ int console_index;
 
  if (index >= driver->num) {
   printk(KERN_ERR "Attempt to register invalid tty line number "
@@ -2654,7 +2659,12 @@
   pty_line_name(driver, index, name);
  else
   tty_line_name(driver, index, name);
- class_simple_device_add(tty_class, dev, device, name);
+ tty_dev = class_simple_device_add(tty_class, dev, device, name);
+
+ console_driver = console_device(&console_index);
+ if ((console_driver == driver) && (console_index == index)) {
+  sysfs_create_link(&console_dev->kobj, &tty_dev->kobj, "real_dev");
+ }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2921,7 +2931,8 @@
      register_chrdev_region(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1), 1, "/dev/console") < 0)
   panic("Couldn't register /dev/console driver\n");
  devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1), S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "console");
- class_simple_device_add(tty_class, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1), NULL, "console");
+ console_dev = class_simple_device_add(tty_class, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1),
+   NULL, "console");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
  cdev_init(&ptmx_cdev, &ptmx_fops);

Re: [patch] add class/tty/console/real_dev symlink

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> This patch adds a symlink from /sys/class/tty/console/real_dev to 
> e.g. /sys/class/tty/ttyS0 . This is needed because there is no way for 
> userspace to determine what device the kernel is using as its console, and in 
> the case of an installer that is important information. Otherwise, the 
> installer cannot know which serial port you're booting on, for example, and 
> so wouldn't know where to display itself.

The installer can just open /dev/console?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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