From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>, Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>,
rusty@rustcorp.com.au, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:57:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AB3CA27.1040307@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AB3C988.2040303@codemonkey.ws>
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 fairly noticeable difference between a "console device" and a
"serial device". However, something that can be extended and exported
to a physical serial port is definitely the latter.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-18 17:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 113+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-11 14:13 Multiple ports support for virtio_console; major number for dev Amit Shah
2009-09-11 14:13 ` [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication Amit Shah
2009-09-11 14:13 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-11 16:00 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-11 16:00 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-11 16:38 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-11 17:26 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-11 17:33 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-11 17:33 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-11 17:35 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-16 10:23 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-16 22:20 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-17 13:06 ` Markus Armbruster
2009-09-17 13:15 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-17 13:41 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-17 13:41 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-17 15:57 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-17 15:57 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-17 16:46 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-17 16:46 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-17 13:15 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-17 13:06 ` Markus Armbruster
2009-09-18 16:00 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-18 17:55 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-18 17:55 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-18 17:57 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2009-09-18 18:02 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-18 18:02 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-19 7:04 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-19 7:04 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-18 17:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-09-18 20:11 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-09-18 20:11 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-09-19 7:01 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-19 7:01 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-21 10:06 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-21 10:06 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-18 16:00 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-16 22:20 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-16 10:23 ` Alan Cox
2009-09-11 17:35 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-11 17:26 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-11 16:38 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-15 12:37 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-15 12:37 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-15 12:57 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-15 12:57 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-15 13:03 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-15 13:03 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-15 13:37 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-15 13:37 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-15 14:08 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-09-15 14:08 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-09-15 14:09 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-15 14:09 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-09-22 2:44 ` Rusty Russell
2009-09-22 2:44 ` Rusty Russell
2009-09-22 15:45 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-22 15:45 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 9:24 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 9:24 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 10:09 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 10:33 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 11:02 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 11:40 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 11:40 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 11:02 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 10:33 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 10:09 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 12:03 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 12:03 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 12:20 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 12:20 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 12:56 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 12:56 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 13:09 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 13:31 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-30 17:13 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-30 17:13 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 8:17 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 8:17 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 8:47 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 8:47 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 8:55 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 8:55 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 9:00 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 10:04 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 10:04 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 9:00 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 10:28 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 10:28 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 10:42 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 10:42 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 11:58 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 11:58 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 12:04 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-01 13:50 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 13:50 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-01 12:04 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-05 14:05 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-05 14:05 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-06 6:49 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-06 6:49 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-10-06 6:55 ` Amit Shah
2009-10-06 6:55 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 13:31 ` Christian Borntraeger
2009-09-29 13:09 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 13:11 ` Rusty Russell
2009-09-29 13:24 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 13:24 ` Amit Shah
2009-09-29 13:11 ` Rusty Russell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-09-09 8:11 Multiple Port Support for virtio-console Amit Shah
2009-09-09 8:12 ` [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication Amit Shah
2009-09-09 8:12 ` Amit Shah
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