Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> Userspace can detect when new virtio-consoles appear via udev events.
>> When it sees a new ttyVN, it can then look in sysfs to discover it's
>> name.
>
> No. udev can create symlinks for you, so apps don't have to dig into
> sysfs. You'll need a rule along the lines (untested):
>
> SUBSYSTEM=="virtio", \
> DRIVERS="virtio-console", \
> SYMLINK+="vcon/$attr{name}"
>
> then udev will create a /dev/vcon/org.qemu.clipboard symlink pointing
> to dev/ttyV0. Apps can just open /dev/vcon/$name then.
That works equally well. I don't necessarily think that naming is more
useful.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
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