linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication

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Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:08:24 +0200
From:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
CC:	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic
 guest and host communication

On 09/15/09 14:57, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> That's probably not what we want. I imagine what we want is:
>
> /dev/ttyV0
> /dev/ttyV1
> /dev/ttyVN

Yes.

> And then we want:
>
> /sys/class/virtio-console/ttyV0/name -> "org.qemu.clipboard"

Yes.

> Userspace can detect when new virtio-consoles appear via udev events.
> When it sees a new ttyVN, it can then look in sysfs to discover it's name.

No.  udev can create symlinks for you, so apps don't have to dig into 
sysfs.  You'll need a rule along the lines (untested):

    SUBSYSTEM=="virtio", \
    DRIVERS="virtio-console", \
    SYMLINK+="vcon/$attr{name}"

then udev will create a /dev/vcon/org.qemu.clipboard symlink pointing to 
dev/ttyV0.  Apps can just open /dev/vcon/$name then.

cheers,
   Gerd

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