device_open is common code -- moved into utility.c
-Erik
diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index a27aaa2..6d7fa95 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -1121,6 +1121,28 @@
#endif /* BB_DD || BB_TAIL */
+#if defined BB_INIT || defined BB_SYSLOGD
+/* try to open up the specified device */
+extern int device_open(char *device, int mode)
+{
+ int m, f, fd = -1;
+
+ m = mode | O_NONBLOCK;
+
+ /* Retry up to 5 times */
+ for (f = 0; f < 5; f++)
+ if ((fd = open(device, m, 0600)) >= 0)
+ break;
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return fd;
+ /* Reset original flags. */
+ if (m != mode)
+ fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, mode);
+ return fd;
+}
+#endif /* BB_INIT BB_SYSLOGD */
+
+
#if defined BB_INIT || defined BB_HALT || defined BB_REBOOT
#if ! defined BB_FEATURE_USE_PROCFS