[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/4] Enable terminal type configuration for /etc/inittab

[Yegor Yefremov]

 Am 28.09.2010 19:28, schrieb Thomas Petazzoni:
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:37:34 +0200
> Yegor Yefremov <yegor_sub1 at visionsystems.de> wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/target/generic/Config.in b/target/generic/Config.in
>> index 286b0a3..e7b2c9f 100644
>> --- a/target/generic/Config.in
>> +++ b/target/generic/Config.in
>> @@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_BAUDRATE_115200
>>  	bool "115200"
>>  endchoice
>>  
>> +config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERMINAL_TYPE
>> +	string "Terminal type"
>> +	default "vt100"
>> +	help
>> +		Specify a terminal type like vt100, linux etc.
> Need only one tab + 2 spaces for the indentation of the help text.
>
> Just out of curiosity, in what cases isn't vt100 an appropriate value ?

Good question. We just use TERM=linux for our Debian installations, so I wanted to do it also for Buildroot. But you're right vt100 should be sufficient, that's why I made it default, so the old behavior is preserved.

Best regards,
Yegor