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

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:23:27 +0800
"jeff.chua.linux" <jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > It is timing dependant. A discussion and some fixes were posted a
> > while ago.
> 
> I must have missed that. Will try to search for it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff

>From Andrew's tree:

     tty: fix regression caused by "tty: make the kref destructor occur
     asynchronously"

which allows both a sync and an async element to the destruction
cleanup. The console uses the synchronous one which avoids the delay
before it becomes available again.

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