current-users: Re: Lack of error message with /sbin/init and missing /dev

Subject: Re: Lack of error message with /sbin/init and missing /dev
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: current-users
Date: 11/15/2005 22:53:10

In article <20051115143819.379b4150.lists@yazzy.org>
lists@yazzy.org wrote:

> I just accidently forgot to create /dev for my embedded image and
> discovered /sbin/init keeps totally silent about that.

At least src/sys/kern/init_main.c:check_console() warns
if there is no /dev/console.

Anyway, I think init(8) can't print any messages without device node.
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Izumi Tsutsui