Re: linux-2.6.31 INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error (dueto commit b50989dc444599c8b21edc23536fc305f4e9b7d5)

[Alan Cox]

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:24:45 +0800
Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Latest linux pull few days ago broke the console.
> 
> The error during boot up while switching from init S to M showed
> 
> INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error
> 
> 
> Reverting this commit solves the problem. This is 100% repeatable on a
> "real" machine, but does not show up on kvm or vmware guest console.

It is timing dependant. A discussion and some fixes were posted a while
ago.
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