linux-kernel - Re: xen: Make hvc0 the preferred console in domU

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Message-ID: <87fxu79u3o.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org>
Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:27:07 +0200
From:	Markus Armbruster <armbru@...hat.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: xen: Make hvc0 the preferred console in domU

Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> writes:

> Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> This makes the Xen console just work.  Before, you had to ask for it
>> on the kernel command line with console=hvc0
>>   
>
> I see that this has been causing issues when people expect the pvfb
> driver to be the console.  Should we make it a config option, which
> depends on !XENFB?
>
>    J

That's not quite right, I fear: you still lose if you have it compiled
into the guest, but switched off in your domain configuration.

I'm working on a better solution.
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