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register_console(9)	       Kernel Functions		   register_console(9)

NAME
       register_console - take on kernel console duties

SYNOPSIS
       extern void register_console(void(*proc)(const char*))

DESCRIPTION
       This  function  registers with the kernel a function to display all the
       kernel messages printed by the printk(9) function.

       This function is normally called once at boot time by the device driver
       for  the console device, whatever that turns out to be for the machine.
       The console procedure is only called to print messages that are	to  be
       printed, the filtering for log level is done already.

RETURN VALUE
       None.

AVAILABILITY
       Linux 1.0+

SEE ALSO
       printk(9)

       /usr/src/linux/kernel/printk.c

AUTHOR
       Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.com>

BUGS
       Only  one  console  can exist at a time, and there is no way to know if
       any other device has registered as a console.

Linux DDI			    $Date:$		   register_console(9)
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