--- /dev/null
+--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
++++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ default_initramfs() {
+ EOF
+ }
+
++list_openwrt_initramfs() {
++ :
++}
++
++openwrt_initramfs() {
++ # make sure that /dev/console exists
++ cat <<-EOF >> ${output}
++ dir /dev 0755 0 0
++ nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
++ EOF
++}
++
+ filetype() {
+ local argv1="$1"
+
+@@ -177,6 +189,8 @@ dir_filelist() {
+ if [ "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+ ${dep_list}print_mtime "$1"
+
++ ${dep_list}openwrt_initramfs
++
+ echo "${dirlist}" | \
+ while read x; do
+ ${dep_list}parse ${x}
--- /dev/null
+--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
++++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ default_initramfs() {
+ EOF
+ }
+
++list_openwrt_initramfs() {
++ :
++}
++
++openwrt_initramfs() {
++ # make sure that /dev/console exists
++ cat <<-EOF >> ${output}
++ dir /dev 0755 0 0
++ nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
++ EOF
++}
++
+ filetype() {
+ local argv1="$1"
+
+@@ -177,6 +189,8 @@ dir_filelist() {
+ if [ "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+ ${dep_list}print_mtime "$1"
+
++ ${dep_list}openwrt_initramfs
++
+ echo "${dirlist}" | \
+ while read x; do
+ ${dep_list}parse ${x}
--- /dev/null
+--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
++++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ default_initramfs() {
+ EOF
+ }
+
++list_openwrt_initramfs() {
++ :
++}
++
++openwrt_initramfs() {
++ # make sure that /dev/console exists
++ cat <<-EOF >> ${output}
++ dir /dev 0755 0 0
++ nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
++ EOF
++}
++
+ filetype() {
+ local argv1="$1"
+
+@@ -177,6 +189,8 @@ dir_filelist() {
+ if [ "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+ ${dep_list}print_mtime "$1"
+
++ ${dep_list}openwrt_initramfs
++
+ echo "${dirlist}" | \
+ while read x; do
+ ${dep_list}parse ${x}
--- /dev/null
+--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
++++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ default_initramfs() {
+ EOF
+ }
+
++list_openwrt_initramfs() {
++ :
++}
++
++openwrt_initramfs() {
++ # make sure that /dev/console exists
++ cat <<-EOF >> ${output}
++ dir /dev 0755 0 0
++ nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
++ EOF
++}
++
+ filetype() {
+ local argv1="$1"
+
+@@ -177,6 +189,8 @@ dir_filelist() {
+ if [ "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+ ${dep_list}print_mtime "$1"
+
++ ${dep_list}openwrt_initramfs
++
+ echo "${dirlist}" | \
+ while read x; do
+ ${dep_list}parse ${x}
--- /dev/null
+--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
++++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ default_initramfs() {
+ EOF
+ }
+
++list_openwrt_initramfs() {
++ :
++}
++
++openwrt_initramfs() {
++ # make sure that /dev/console exists
++ cat <<-EOF >> ${output}
++ dir /dev 0755 0 0
++ nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
++ EOF
++}
++
+ filetype() {
+ local argv1="$1"
+
+@@ -177,6 +189,8 @@ dir_filelist() {
+ if [ "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+ ${dep_list}print_mtime "$1"
+
++ ${dep_list}openwrt_initramfs
++
+ echo "${dirlist}" | \
+ while read x; do
+ ${dep_list}parse ${x}