From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: Fwd: Question about Xen Console Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 08:47:26 -0400 Message-ID: <20130401124726.GE11995@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Wei Xu Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 01:59:15PM +0800, Wei Xu wrote: > Hi Konrad, > I'd like to consult you some questions about the Xen Console, i'm > investigating it recently, i take some test on Linux(Fedora) hvm guest, it > works good. (Xen-4.1.3 and Linux 3.5.0). > > The most confused question of me is why did Xen Console come to mind in the > early date, What's the requirement? Was it going to replace the emulated > serial by qemu, or just an additional way to access the guest with high > performance or sth other? > > I have post this in the xen-devel mail list and got some useful answer, Then lets add CC to it again. > since you are the expert about it, I'd like to consult you for the original > answer, thanks. The answer is 'additional way to access the guest without having to emulate the serial port' > > Regards, > Wei