SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 OR BSD-2-Clause
appl-config-option-type: feature-enable
copyrights:
- Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
description: |
  In case this configuration option is defined, then the Console Driver is
  initialized during system initialization.
enabled-by: true
index-entries: []
interface-type: appl-config-option
links:
- role: appl-config-group-member
  uid: group-devdrv
name: CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CONSOLE_DRIVER
notes: |
  The Console Driver is responsible for providing the :file:`/dev/console`
  device file.  This device is used to initialize the standard input, output,
  and error file descriptors.

  BSPs should be constructed in a manner that allows ${/rtems/io/if/printk:/name} to work
  properly without the need for the Console Driver to be configured.

  The

  * ``CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CONSOLE_DRIVER``,

  * ${appl-needs-simple-console-driver:/name}, and

  * ${appl-needs-simple-task-console-driver:/name}

  configuration options are mutually exclusive.
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type: interface