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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/Kconfig | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/Kconfig index 0ebb8d6ab341..80f65767aacf 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/tty/Kconfig @@ -374,6 +374,20 @@ config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_EHV_BC_HANDLE there simply will be no early console output. This is true also if you don't boot under a hypervisor at all. +config NULL_TTY + tristate "NULL TTY driver" + help + Say Y here if you want a NULL TTY which simply discards messages. + + This is useful to allow userspace applications which expect a console + device to work without modifications even when no console is + available or desired. + + In order to use this driver, you should redirect the console to this + TTY, or boot the kernel with console=ttynull. + + If unsure, say N. + config GOLDFISH_TTY tristate "Goldfish TTY Driver" depends on GOLDFISH |