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authorEric Andersen1999-10-25 23:32:44 +0000
committerEric Andersen1999-10-25 23:32:44 +0000
commit0460ff2e5d443b485c2f6447c8c2ece1b3bec9c3 (patch)
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diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
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--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -720,5 +720,97 @@ extern int find_match(char *haystack, char *needle, int ignoreCase)
}
#endif
+
+
+#if (defined BB_CHVT) || (defined BB_DEALLOCVT)
+
+
+#include <linux/kd.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+int is_a_console(int fd)
+{
+ char arg;
+
+ arg = 0;
+ return (ioctl(fd, KDGKBTYPE, &arg) == 0
+ && ((arg == KB_101) || (arg == KB_84)));
+}
+
+static int open_a_console(char *fnam)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ /* try read-only */
+ fd = open(fnam, O_RDWR);
+
+ /* if failed, try read-only */
+ if (fd < 0 && errno == EACCES)
+ fd = open(fnam, O_RDONLY);
+
+ /* if failed, try write-only */
+ if (fd < 0 && errno == EACCES)
+ fd = open(fnam, O_WRONLY);
+
+ /* if failed, fail */
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ /* if not a console, fail */
+ if (! is_a_console(fd))
+ {
+ close(fd);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* success */
+ return fd;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get an fd for use with kbd/console ioctls.
+ * We try several things because opening /dev/console will fail
+ * if someone else used X (which does a chown on /dev/console).
+ *
+ * if tty_name is non-NULL, try this one instead.
+ */
+
+int get_console_fd(char* tty_name)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ if (tty_name)
+ {
+ if (-1 == (fd = open_a_console(tty_name)))
+ return -1;
+ else
+ return fd;
+ }
+
+ fd = open_a_console("/dev/tty");
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ return fd;
+
+ fd = open_a_console("/dev/tty0");
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ return fd;
+
+ fd = open_a_console("/dev/console");
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ return fd;
+
+ for (fd = 0; fd < 3; fd++)
+ if (is_a_console(fd))
+ return fd;
+
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console\n");
+ return -1; /* total failure */
+}
+
+
+#endif
+
+
/* END CODE */