On Wednesday, March 5, 2025 2:18:39 PM EST Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM <adamsimonelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > From: Adam Simonelli <adamsimonelli@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > The new config option, CONFIG_NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_ CONSOLE will allow > > ttynull to be initialized by console_initcall() and selected as a > > possible console device. > > ... > > > In order to use this driver, you should redirect the console to this > > - TTY, or boot the kernel with console=ttynull. > > + TTY, boot the kernel with console=ttynull, or enable > > + CONFIG_NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_CONSOLE. > > I haven't checked what it looks like in menuconfig / nconfig / etc, > but I think that CONFIG_ is redundant here. > OK, I didn't know what one is more typical. Doing a loose grep for "^<tab><space><space>" and "[A-Z]_[A-Z]" (excluding CONFIG_) seems like there are more help text lines that mention other config options (~622) than include the CONFIG (174). I will change it > > + If unsure, say N. > > + > > +config NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_CONSOLE > > + bool "Support for console on ttynull" > > + depends on NULL_TTY=y && !VT_CONSOLE > > + help > > + Say Y here if you want the NULL TTY to be used as a /dev/console > > + device. > > + > > + This is similar to CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE, but without the dependency on > > + CONFIG_VT. It uses the ttynull driver as the system console. > > Btw, do those `make nconfig` and friends render the options? Seems like `make nconfig` works, as well as `make xconfig` I will attempt to attach a png screenshot. > > > If unsure, say N. > >
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