From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757586AbZIRR6u (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:58:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757436AbZIRR6u (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:58:50 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:40461 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757367AbZIRR6t (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:58:49 -0400 Message-ID: <4AB3CA27.1040307@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:57:59 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090814 Fedora/3.0-2.6.b3.fc11 Thunderbird/3.0b3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anthony Liguori CC: Alan Cox , Amit Shah , 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 References: <1252678386-17404-1-git-send-email-amit.shah@redhat.com> <1252678386-17404-2-git-send-email-amit.shah@redhat.com> <20090911170010.34c80f2d@linux.intel.com> <20090911163806.GB25535@amit-x200.redhat.com> <4AAA8838.1080106@codemonkey.ws> <20090911173307.GB27046@amit-x200.redhat.com> <4AAA8A56.3040707@codemonkey.ws> <20090916112332.6bf981a5@linux.intel.com> <4AB164A0.8000402@codemonkey.ws> <20090918170048.53ba8cf6@linux.intel.com> <4AB3C988.2040303@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4AB3C988.2040303@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.