[OE-core] [PATCH 02/10] initrdscripts: create /dev/console

[Otavio Salvador]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly at intel.com> wrote:
> Some kernels, for example linux-yocto 3.19 for qemux86, fail to
> execute /init in an initramfs unless there is already a /dev/console
> char device in the initramfs. Booting then fails with:
>     Kernel panic - not syncing: /dev/console is missing or not a character device!
>     Please ensure your rootfs is properly configured
>
> The panic itself comes from a linux-yocto specific patch to
> kernel_init_freeable in init/main.c, but even without it, that
> function will print an error when /dev/console is missing. The
> kernel's Documentation/initrd.txt also mentions creating that device.
>
> It remained unclear why this is not a problem on other machines. On
> intel-corei7-64 from meta-intel, something (the kernel?) creates
> /dev/console and /dev/[012] before transfering control to the init
> script. In that case, creating /dev/console in advance is not
> necessary, but does not cause any problem either.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly at intel.com>

I fully agree with the patch but it would be better to split the patch
for both recipes.

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