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-rw-r--r--init/Config.src12
-rw-r--r--init/init.c2
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/Config.src b/init/Config.src
index 590e298..2cac357 100644
--- a/init/Config.src
+++ b/init/Config.src
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ config FEATURE_INITRD
This does not apply to initramfs, which runs /init as PID 1 and
requires no special support.
+config INIT_TERMINAL_TYPE
+ string "Initial terminal type"
+ default "linux"
+ depends on INIT
+ help
+ This is the initial value set by init for the TERM environment
+ variable. This variable is used by programs which make use of
+ extended terminal capabilities.
+
+ Note that on Linux, init attempts to detect serial terminal and
+ sets TERM to "vt102" if one is found.
+
config HALT
bool "poweroff, halt, and reboot"
default y
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index d8bf158..fa1af6d 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void console_init(void)
} else
#endif
if (!s)
- putenv((char*)"TERM=linux");
+ putenv((char*)"TERM=" CONFIG_INIT_TERMINAL_TYPE);
}
/* Set terminal settings to reasonable defaults.