On 12/09/10 22:15, Michael Roth wrote: > On 12/08/2010 01:22 PM, Jes Sorensen wrote: >>> This param is kind of quirky though, size doesn't seem to have an affect >>> for anything below 4KB, but if we stick with VA_DMESG_LEN>= 4KB this >>> should cover us, unless it's a distro-specific. But it should blow >>> anything up, at least. >> >> I am wary of these hard coded constants. Isn't there a way to set the >> kernel's dmesg buffer size, or is that only a compile time option? >> > > From what I can tell it's a compile-time option. I originally had > dmesg_len as a param the host could pass to the guest, but it has no > effect if the buffer is smaller, which might cause unnecessary confusion.
You are correct! I checked, there were people talking about a configurable option but so far it is not in place. I would still rather have this go via a file transfer to the host, and put the output in a tmpfile. I am still against adding viewfile commands to the monitor though. You get a bad control character in the string and your console is messed up. Hit CTRL-c and you lost your guest. Cheers, Jes
