add ttyprintk driver

Ttyprintk is a pseudo TTY driver, which allows users to make printk
messages, via output to ttyprintk device. It is possible to store
"console" messages inline with kernel messages for better analyses of
the boot process, for example.

Signed-off-by: Samo Pogacnik <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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Samo Pogacnik 2010-08-25 20:44:07 +02:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
0 = /dev/tty Current TTY device
1 = /dev/console System console
2 = /dev/ptmx PTY master multiplex
3 = /dev/ttyprintk User messages via printk TTY device
64 = /dev/cua0 Callout device for ttyS0
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255 = /dev/cua191 Callout device for ttyS191