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8 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
13 /* From <linux/kd.h> */
14 enum { KDGKBTYPE = 0x4B33 }; /* get keyboard type */
16 static int open_a_console(const char *fnam)
21 fd = open(fnam, O_RDWR);
23 /* if failed, try read-only */
24 if (fd < 0 && errno == EACCES)
25 fd = open(fnam, O_RDONLY);
27 /* if failed, try write-only */
28 if (fd < 0 && errno == EACCES)
29 fd = open(fnam, O_WRONLY);
35 * Get an fd for use with kbd/console ioctls.
36 * We try several things because opening /dev/console will fail
37 * if someone else used X (which does a chown on /dev/console).
39 int FAST_FUNC get_console_fd_or_die(void)
41 static const char *const console_names[] = {
42 DEV_CONSOLE, CURRENT_VC, CURRENT_TTY
47 for (fd = 2; fd >= 0; fd--) {
52 fd4name = open_a_console(console_names[fd]);
54 choice_fd = (fd4name >= 0 ? fd4name : fd);
57 if (ioctl(choice_fd, KDGKBTYPE, &arg) == 0)
66 bb_error_msg_and_die("can't open console");
67 /*return fd; - total failure */
70 /* From <linux/vt.h> */
72 VT_ACTIVATE = 0x5606, /* make vt active */
73 VT_WAITACTIVE = 0x5607 /* wait for vt active */
76 void FAST_FUNC console_make_active(int fd, const int vt_num)
78 xioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, (void *)(ptrdiff_t)vt_num);
79 xioctl(fd, VT_WAITACTIVE, (void *)(ptrdiff_t)vt_num);