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Message-Id: <200909291531.23389.borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:31:23 +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 15:09:50 schrieb Amit Shah:
> Great, thanks. However I was thinking of moving this init to the probe()
> routine instead of in the init_conosle routine just because multiple
> consoles can be added and we don't want to init this each time.. just
> once in probe is fine.
If you have new patch CC me and I can give it a spin.
> > I am a bit reluctant to Ack the whole change, since my preference would
> > have been to not merge virtio serial/console and instead keeping both
> > separate. We have already managed to clutter all other virtio drivers
> > with tons of configuration stuff and feature bits - and every driver uses
> > a different model for configuration and commands (feature bits, config
> > space, config_change indication, extra config virtqueue, commands
> > embedded into the data....). Using a different device ID for a different
> > use seem like a better way to me.
>
> Well, Anthony described your objection as a comment in passing and that
> you weren't strongly against merging the two drivers when I brought up
> your argument sometime back.
>
> Also, it was difficult to make progress and just keep fighting about
> these issues. So even though I didn't like merging the stuff, I had to.
Sure, you were caught between two stools... I have to admit that I dropped of
this discussion and did not follow up - I simply considered my wedding and
honeymoon more important ;-)
I still belive that I am right and Anthony is wrong about this 8-), but if
merging is the way to go - so be it.
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