Public bug reported:

In our cloud images today we launch a getty on ttyS0, as long as it's
not in a container. We don't launch a getty on ttyS1-n even if they
exist.

In MAAS, which also uses cloud images, it would often be useful to put
getty's on the serial port that is mapped to remote serial access, such
as IPMI SOL. It is however difficult to know which is the correct getty.

Broadly speaking I think we should have a consistent approach to
getty's. That might mean:

 * launch a getty on each ttySn that passes an stty test (as per ttyS0 
currently)
 * allow cloud-init to prevent some of those, via vendordata or userdata or 
default behaviour per-cloud

or

 * launch no getty's on ttyS, but
 * allow cloud-init to create them based on vendordata or userdata or default 
behaviour per-cloud

** Affects: cloud-init
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: cloud-init
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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  Getty's on serial consoles need to be consistent

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