On Thursday, March 6, 2025 2:06:14 AM EST Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM Adam Simonelli <adamsimonelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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: > > ... > > > > > 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 > > Thanks, it's better to follow the common practices. > > > > > + 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. > > Thanks. Have you checked the search? I believe it should work with and > without CONFIG_ in the same way. > > > > > If unsure, say N. > > Yeah, it shows up if I search NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_CONSOLE
