控制台切换小结int open_tty() { // create a new console int fd= open(TTYDEV, O_RDWR | O_SYNC); if (fd<

int open_tty()
{
  // create a new console
  int fd= open(TTYDEV, O_RDWR | O_SYNC);
  if (fd<0) {
    loge("Can't open %s", TTYDEV);
    return -1;
  }
  return fd;

}

int release_display(char *tty)
{
  
  err = ioctl(fd, VT_RELDISP, (void*)1);
  if( err < 0)
    loge("ioctl(%d, VT_RELDISP, 1) failed %d \n",fd, errno);

  // to make sure that we are in text mode
  err = ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, (void*) KD_TEXT);
  if (err<0) {
    loge("ioctl(%d, KDSETMODE, ...) failed, err %d \n", fd, err);
  }
  struct vt_stat vs;
  err = ioctl(fd, VT_GETSTATE, &vs);
  if (err<0) {
    loge("ioctl(%d, VT_GETSTATE, ...) failed, err %d\n", fd, err );
  }
  
  close(fd);
  return 0;
}

int acquire_display()
{
  int fd = 0;
  int err ;
  int vtnum = 7;

  // switch to console 7 (which is what X normaly uses)
  loge("switch to graphics mode\n");
  do {
    err = ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, (void*)vtnum);
  } while(err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
  if (err<0) {
    loge("ioctl VT_ACTIVATE failed, err= %d\n", errno);
  }

  do {
    err = ioctl(fd, VT_WAITACTIVE, (void*)vtnum);
  } while(err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
  if (err<0) {
    loge("ioctl(%d, VT_WAITACTIVE, ...) failed, %d %d for %d\n",
        fd, err, errno, vtnum);
  }

  // open the new console
  close(fd);
  fd = open_tty();

//reopen, since tty has changed
  // switch to graphic mode
  err = ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, (void*)KD_GRAPHICS);
  if( err < 0 )
    loge("ioctl(%d, KDSETMODE, KD_GRAPHICS) failed, err %d\n", fd, err);

  // set up signals so we're notified when the console changes
  // we can't use SIGUSR1 because it's used by the java-vm
  struct vt_mode vm;
  vm.mode = VT_PROCESS;
  vm.waitv = 0;
  vm.relsig = SIGREL;
  vm.acqsig = SIGACQ;
  vm.frsig = 0;
  err = ioctl(fd, VT_SETMODE, &vm);
  if (err<0) {
    loge("ioctl(%d, VT_SETMODE, ...) failed, %d\n \
        can't switch to VT_MODE\n", fd, errno);
  }

  // get the current console
  struct vt_stat vs;
  err = ioctl(fd, VT_GETSTATE, &vs);
  if (err<0) {
    loge("ioctl(%d, VT_GETSTATE, ...) failed, err %d\n", fd, err );
  }

}

切换到图形模式：

ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, KD_GRAPHICS)

当前VT设置为KD_GRAPHICS模式，禁止显示字符

ioctl(fd, VT_SETMODE, &vm);  

当前VT设置为VT_PROCESS模式，设置切换发生的信号名称。

控制台的切换是否有效由程序来控制，

设置为文本模式：

ioctl(fd, VT_RELDISP, (void*)1);

在VT_PROCESS模式下，发送VT_RELDISP命令才能完成VT切换. 

VT_PROCESS 下程序接收到信号后判断是否需要真的切换VT，否则可以忽略来自内核的信号，继续停在图形模式。
ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, KD_TEXT)
切换到文本模式