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Not really. Most of such a system can just be ordinary processes, and there's no requirement for pinned memory anywhere. Pretty much only the terminal emulato
by JdeBP 3y ago
Not really. Most of such a system can just be ordinary processes, and there's no requirement for pinned memory anywhere. Pretty much only the terminal emulator processes are problems if they die, as that effectively becomes a hangup signal, so only they need the oom immunity, if that.
* https://jdebp.uk/Proposals/linux-console-daemon.html https://jdebp.uk/Proposals/linux-console-daemon.html
What happened to kmscon is that the systemd people, having adopted it with much hullabaloo, dropped it a while later with far less fanfare.
That said, there are a range of options for people who want to build Linux without CONFIG_VT.
* https://jdebp.uk/Softwares/nosh/user-vt-screenshots.html https://jdebp.uk/Softwares/nosh/user-vt-screenshots.html
* https://jdebp.uk/Softwares/nosh/guide/user-virtual-terminals.html https://jdebp.uk/Softwares/nosh/guide/user-virtual-terminals...
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