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From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libxl: default to xenconsoled for pv guests,
 even if qemu is running
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:32:30 +0100
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Ian Campbell writes ("[PATCH] libxl: default to xenconsoled for pv guests, even if qemu is running"):
> libxl: default to xenconsoled for pv guests, even if qemu is running.
> 
> Currently we prefer to use qemu for the disk backend if we are starting qemu
> anyway (e.g. to service a disk).
...
> I'm not sure if this is 4.2 material, perhaps too late to be making this sort
> of change?

I think we can regard this as a bugfix, or make an exception.

But: have you tested this ?  ISTR hearing that there was some
difficulty getting a pv qemu not to try to provide the console.

Ian.