Quoth Riny Qian on Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:16:44AM +0800: > David Bustos wrote: > >Quoth Riny Qian on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 12:41:00PM +0800: > >>1. svc:/system/console-login > >> > >> This SMF service serves for all console logins, including virtual > >> console logins. The default instance is used for the system > >> console, and other instances (vt2 to vt6) are used for virtual > >> consoles. > > > >If you're going to use "vt", then you should refer to them as virtual > >terminals, not virtual consoles. > > Here we name the instance name to vt# because we keep consistency with > /dev/vt/# name space, VT_xxx ioctl interfaces, vt(7I), vtdaemon and so > on. > > For documentation, actually virtual terminal is equivalent to virtual > console in this project, and it's also mentioned in the manpages. We > prefer virtual console in the documentation because it sounds like more > precise and accurate.
Accurate how? When programs write to the console, does the output show up on all virtual consoles? If not, I don't think they deserve the name "console" if we're giving them the name "terminal" elsewhere. Please just use "virtual terminal". ... > >> o The default instance is delivered enabled since it's needed > >> in seed repository. Other instances for virtual consoles are > >> delivered disabled, and are enabled in generic_limited_net.xml > >> profile and generic_open.xml, and are disabled when they're > >> in non-global zones or when the virtual console functionality > >> is not available. > > > >How many instances will you deliver? How will you disable them in > >nonglobal zones? > > Six instances will be delivered by default, one (default) is for the > system console, and the other five (vt2 to vt6) are for virtual > consoles. Did you consider delivering an instance for each virtual terminal? > The other five virtual console instances will be disabled via > svcadm in the service start method (console-login) when it detects > it's in nonglobal zone via smf_is_nonglobalzone. Ok. ... > >>2. svc:/system/vtdaemon:default > >> > >> This SMF service serves for secure switch between all virtual > >> consoles including the system console . > >> > >> The SMF manifest delivers as: > >> /var/svc/manifest/system/vtdaemon.xml > >> And the method delivers as: > >> /lib/svc/method/vtdaemon > > > >Is vtdaemon a script? If not, then you should deliver it elsewhere. > > Yes, it's a script, just like above console-login. Ok. David
