sysconinit(1M) — UMIPS RISC/os 5.01



SYSCONINIT(1M)      RISC/os Reference Manual       SYSCONINIT(1M)



NAME
     sysconinit - system console initialization

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/sysconinit [-n]

DESCRIPTION
     The sysconinit command provides support for the linkage of
     /dev/console, /dev/syscon, and /dev/systty to the appropri-
     ate system console device.  The choice of correct linkage is
     made from the console variable in the kernel and the
     existence of video hardware on workstations.

     When the console variable is either 'T', 't', or '1', these
     devices are linked to /dev/tty1.  When the variable is '0',
     these devices are linked to /dev/tty0.  When the console
     variable is 'a', 'l', 'r', or 'g', these devices are linked
     to /dev/keybd when there is a video board in the system, and
     linked to /dev/tty0 without the video board.

     The command is run a boot time from /etc/inittab, before any
     access to the console has been made.

FILES
     /dev/console
     /dev/syscon
     /dev/systty

DIAGNOSTICS
     "sysconinit: [appropriate perror string]"
          Printed when the uname system call fails.

     "sysconinit: kopting console var: [appropriate perror
     string]"
          Printed bsd43_syscall for BSD43_MIPS_KOPT fails.

     "sysconinit: opening /dev/kmem: [appropriate perror string]"
          Printed when open of /dev/kmem fails.

     "sysconinit: seeking for 'console' value: [appropriate per-
     ror string]"
          Printed when lseek to 'console' fails.

     "sysconinit: reading for 'console' value: [appropriate per-
     ror string]"
          Printed when read to 'console' fails.

     "sysconinit: warning: '%c' unknown console setting, using
     'l'"
          Printed for bad values of console.





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