Re: [Linuxconsole-dev] writeup

[James S. <jsi...@ac...>]

> > I have though about that but have no answer. In a multihead system where
> > should printk go to. Any suggestion anyone ?
> 
> KGI currently takes the <int console_printk_console> to send kernel
> messages
> to. There can be functions implemented to alter this variable,
> so that e.g. that VT-switches on the 'system console focus' make
> kernel messages appear on the currently active one.
> However, this is a policy decision.

It should be displayed on every active console. I haven't thought about
the details yet. I like to get multihead woking first.

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