From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Himanshu Raj Subject: Re: using com2 from dom 0 .... Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:53:58 -0400 Message-ID: <20050913175358.GG25239@cc.gatech.edu> References: <20050913154503.GF25239@cc.gatech.edu> <0d9ef38f495a1066ddd666b0135fd1c1@cl.cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0d9ef38f495a1066ddd666b0135fd1c1@cl.cam.ac.uk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Keir Fraser Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org I need to use minicom in dom0 to connect to a device connected at serial port 1. I also wanted to be able to switch back and forth between xen and dom0 console, hence I liked the console connected to serial port 0. -Himanshu On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 06:42:13PM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote: > > On 13 Sep 2005, at 16:45, Himanshu Raj wrote: > > >Is there a way to attach xenconsole to ttyS0 in dom0 as usual and > >still be able > >to use ttyS1 (com port 2) from linux. I simply tried to use the 8250 > >driver, > >but loading that module fails. I don't want to use xenconsole=tty > >since I access > >this machine via serial console from other machine. > > I doubt it, since the native serial driver expects to grab both ports > and will fail completely if it fails on either one. What is wrong with > binding to tty instead? It's just a name -- the I/O will still go thru > com1 in Xen. > > -- Keir -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Himanshu Raj PhD Student, GaTech (www.cc.gatech.edu/~rhim) I prefer to receive attachments in an open, non-proprietary format. -------------------------------------------------------------------------