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From: Zhigang Wang <zhigang.x.wang@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: hvc0 xvc0 "compatibility"?
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:42:55 +0800
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Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> I have a (RHEL5) guest that I alternate booting with a 2.6.18-xen
> kernel and an upstream kernel.
> 
> Upstream uses hvc0 for the console and 2.6.18-xen uses xvc0.  To
> switch between them, I manually modify /etc/inittab.  If I

dan, can you write two lines include both hvc0 and xvc0 in your /etc/inittab?

thanks,

zhigang

> forget to do this, I get no login prompt and have to destroy
> the domain, restart selecting the other kernel, etc.
> 
> Do I recall a patch that allows one of these kernels to
> handle both hvc0 and xvc0?  That would make my life easier.
> Or is this something that can be done in userland?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
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