Virtual console devices

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Mon Aug 6 09:56:26 EDT 2018


On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 11:15:00AM +0530, Tushar Dave wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to optimize boot up time for my board.
> 
> I ran bootchart and observed that virtual console devices are being created
> in very high number which finally cause the boot up time to increase by 1.5
> seconds.
> 
> I have been researching as to where these are actually being created and
> have failed to find anything concrete.Is there some way to reduce the
> count of virtual devices on the kernel side?

It is userspace that is creating these consoles, so fix up your
userspace code and all should be good.

thanks,

greg k-h



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