>>>i was wondering how to make kernel messages appear on /dev/ttyS0 >>without a reboot, i.e. kernelparam "console=ttyS0" >> >>The solution is simple... the following piece of code is inside >>opensuse-10.3/src/sysvinit-2.86-115.src.rpm#showconsole-1.08.tar.bz2#showconsole-1.08/blogd.c >> >> (void)ioctl(0, TIOCCONS, NULL); /* Undo any current map if any */ >> if (ioctl(pts, TIOCCONS, NULL) < 0) >> error("can not set console device to %s: %s\n", ptsname, >>strerror(errno)); >> >>so I suppose that's it. Write up a new program that calls the ioctl >>on a tty, and you should be done. IOW: > >TIOCCONS only works for pseudo terminals. > >Besides, it only redirects stuff you send to /dev/console. It >doesn't change what devices printk() prints to. Currently there >is no way to change that on a running kernel. > >Mike.
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