Ensure to start getty programs on all essential system consoles on Linux on
System z. Add these essential devices to the list of virtualization_consoles
to always generate getty configurations.
For the sake of completion, the list of essential consoles is:
/dev/sclp_line0 - Operating system messages applet (LPAR)
/dev/ttysclp0 - Integrated ASCII console applet (z/VM and LPAR)
/dev/ttyS0 - Already handled by systemd (3215 console on z/VM)
/dev/hvc0 - Already handled by systemd (IUCV HVC terminal on z/VM)
Depending on the environment, z/VM or LPAR, only a subset of these terminals
are available.
See also RH BZ 860158[1] "Cannot login via Operating System Console into RHEL7
instance installed on a LPAR". This bugzilla actually blocks the installation
of Linux on System z instances in LPAR mode.
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860158
ACTION=="remove", GOTO="systemd_end"
-SUBSYSTEM=="tty", KERNEL=="tty[a-zA-Z]*|hvc*|xvc*|hvsi*", TAG+="systemd"
+SUBSYSTEM=="tty", KERNEL=="tty[a-zA-Z]*|hvc*|xvc*|hvsi*|ttysclp*|sclp_line*", TAG+="systemd"
KERNEL=="vport*", TAG+="systemd"
static const char virtualization_consoles[] =
"hvc0\0"
"xvc0\0"
- "hvsi0\0";
+ "hvsi0\0"
+ "sclp_line0\0"
+ "ttysclp0\0";
_cleanup_free_ char *active = NULL;
const char *j;