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

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Message-Id: <200909291209.25775.borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:09:25 +0200
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication

Am Dienstag 29 September 2009 11:24:31 schrieb Amit Shah:
> OK; how I solved this is: a new internal message between the guest and
> the host. If a host is a console port, the host has to indicate that by
> passing a message to the guest and the guest then hooks it up with hvc.

I am curious how you going to make this compatible with existing code that 
currently uses virtio console.

Christian
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