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

2009-09-18 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On 09/18/09 19:55, Anthony Liguori wrote: >> So you need break, parity ... no be serious please > > Sure, why not? > > In QEMU, we have the ability to hook our devices directly to a physical > serial device and we pass through break, parity, and the other serial > device properties. Yes for a emul

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

2009-09-18 Thread Anthony Liguori
H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 09/18/2009 10:55 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > >> I fail to see how this is at all relevant. This is a virtual machine, >> we're presenting virtual hardware that behaves like a serial device. >> Where web servers fit in is completely beyond me. >> >> > > s/virtio

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

2009-09-18 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 09/18/2009 10:55 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > > I fail to see how this is at all relevant. This is a virtual machine, > we're presenting virtual hardware that behaves like a serial device. > Where web servers fit in is completely beyond me. > s/virtio_console/virtio_serial/ There is a fair

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

2009-09-18 Thread Anthony Liguori
Alan Cox wrote: >> We do actually want hangup and a few other of the tty specific ops. >> The only thing we really don't want is a baud rate. >> > > So you need break, parity ... no be serious please > Sure, why not? In QEMU, we have the ability to hook our devices directly to a physical

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

2009-09-18 Thread Alan Cox
> We do actually want hangup and a few other of the tty specific ops. > The only thing we really don't want is a baud rate. So you need break, parity ... no be serious please > This device cannot be implemented as-is in userspace because it > depends on DMA which precludes the use of something li