diff -Naur log-old/arch/um/kernel/user_util.c log/arch/um/kernel/user_util.c
--- log-old/arch/um/kernel/user_util.c	Wed May 15 14:28:56 2002
+++ log/arch/um/kernel/user_util.c	Wed May 15 14:12:33 2002
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include "asm/types.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -338,6 +339,29 @@
 	err = write(fd, buf, len);
 	if(err < 0) return(-errno);
 	else return(err);
+}
+
+int open_tty_log(void)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	char buf[sizeof("01234567890-01234567\0")];
+	int fd;
+
+	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	sprintf(buf, "%0u-%0u", (unsigned int) tv.tv_sec, 
+		(unsigned int) tv.tv_usec);
+
+	fd = open(buf, O_RDWR | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, 0644);
+	if(fd < 0){
+		printk("open_tty_log : couldn't open '%s', errno = %d\n",
+		       buf, errno);
+	}
+	return(fd);
+}
+
+int write_tty_log(int fd, char *buf, int len)
+{
+	return(write(fd, buf, len));
 }
 
 /*
diff -Naur log-old/drivers/char/tty_io.c log/drivers/char/tty_io.c
--- log-old/drivers/char/tty_io.c	Mon Feb 25 12:50:43 2002
+++ log/drivers/char/tty_io.c	Wed May 15 14:13:08 2002
@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@
 	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait);
 }
 
+extern int write_tty_log(int fd, const unsigned char *buf, int len);
+
 static ssize_t tty_read(struct file * file, char * buf, size_t count, 
 			loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -679,8 +681,10 @@
 	else
 		i = -EIO;
 	unlock_kernel();
-	if (i > 0)
+	if (i > 0){
 		inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME;
+		if(tty->log_fd > 0) write_tty_log(tty->log_fd, buf, i);
+	}
 	return i;
 }
 
@@ -734,6 +738,7 @@
 	if (written) {
 		file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		ret = written;
+		if(tty->log_fd > 0) write_tty_log(tty->log_fd, buf - ret, ret);
 	}
 	up(&tty->atomic_write);
 	return ret;
@@ -974,6 +979,7 @@
 	}
 	tty->count++;
 	tty->driver = *driver; /* N.B. why do this every time?? */
+	tty->log_fd = -1;
 
 success:
 	*ret_tty = tty;
@@ -1041,6 +1047,8 @@
 	free_tty_struct(tty);
 }
 
+extern int close(int fd);
+
 /*
  * Even releasing the tty structures is a tricky business.. We have
  * to be very careful that the structures are all released at the
@@ -1269,6 +1277,8 @@
 	run_task_queue(&tq_timer);
 	flush_scheduled_tasks();
 
+	if(tty->log_fd > 0) close(tty->log_fd);
+
 	/* 
 	 * The release_mem function takes care of the details of clearing
 	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure.
@@ -1276,6 +1286,8 @@
 	release_mem(tty, idx);
 }
 
+extern int open_tty_log(void); 
+
 /*
  * tty_open and tty_release keep up the tty count that contains the
  * number of opens done on a tty. We cannot use the inode-count, as
@@ -1427,6 +1439,9 @@
 			nr_warns++;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if(tty->log_fd <= 0)
+	       tty->log_fd = open_tty_log();
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff -Naur log-old/include/linux/tty.h log/include/linux/tty.h
--- log-old/include/linux/tty.h	Wed May 15 14:28:56 2002
+++ log/include/linux/tty.h	Wed May 15 14:04:55 2002
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@
 	spinlock_t read_lock;
 	/* If the tty has a pending do_SAK, queue it here - akpm */
 	struct tq_struct SAK_tq;
+        int log_fd;
 };
 
 /* tty magic number */