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Date:	Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:44:15 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] um: change defconfig to stop spawning xterm

Am 19.07.2013 20:20, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra:
> The default configuration dictates that um Linux will launch xterms
> connected to various tty devices on the host.  It makes more sense to
> connect to /dev/pts/N, so that the host can:
> 
>   $ screen /dev/pts/N
> 
> or
> 
>   $ minicom /dev/pts/N
> 
> to start talking to the guest session.  Note that
> con0 (CONFIG_CON_ZERO_CHAN) still defaults to "fd:0,fd:1", printing boot
> messages on the same terminal.

Makes sense. Queued for 3.12.

Thanks,
//richard

> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
> ---
>  Further, I will patch systemd to getty on con0 when um Linux is
>  detected.  Thanks for all the help, and sorry I took so long to
>  figure it out.
> 
>  Applies on top of the patch I sent earlier.
> 
>  arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig   | 2 +-
>  arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig b/arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig
> index 995aecd..74d8823 100644
> --- a/arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig
> @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ CONFIG_TTY_CHAN=y
>  CONFIG_XTERM_CHAN=y
>  # CONFIG_NOCONFIG_CHAN is not set
>  CONFIG_CON_ZERO_CHAN="fd:0,fd:1"
> -CONFIG_CON_CHAN="xterm"
> +CONFIG_CON_CHAN="pts"
>  CONFIG_SSL_CHAN="pts"
>  CONFIG_UML_SOUND=m
>  CONFIG_SOUND=m
> diff --git a/arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig b/arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig
> index f2c6123..7d4cbbf 100644
> --- a/arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig
> @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ CONFIG_TTY_CHAN=y
>  CONFIG_XTERM_CHAN=y
>  # CONFIG_NOCONFIG_CHAN is not set
>  CONFIG_CON_ZERO_CHAN="fd:0,fd:1"
> -CONFIG_CON_CHAN="xterm"
> +CONFIG_CON_CHAN="pts"
>  CONFIG_SSL_CHAN="pts"
>  CONFIG_UML_SOUND=m
>  CONFIG_SOUND=m
> 

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