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From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: lkvm issue: --console virtio keyboard doesn't work
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:50:37 +0200
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On 10/12/13 11:09 AM, P=E9ter Szab=F3 wrote:
> I'm using afdf92030c7c43b0f9b32b7edbe07ac3b13780f1 from
> git://github.com/penberg/linux-kvm.git and Linux kernel 3.2.51:
>
> config-3.2.51 (42 KB)
> https://mega.co.nz/#!hgxB1TDJ!SdbX-jp_yr8E6EUJl7t7Tzrh1p4qKxkTHieoss8=
yu_Y
> bzImage-3.2.51 (2.0 MB)
> https://mega.co.nz/#!5lBVmDZL!WpPRWA7ZflevBIPPNGNM_FkkY-ErBNQMoEbw0Xe=
Pi5I
>
> Config:
>
> $ grep -E 'VIRTIO|MMIO' .config
> CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=3Dy
> CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIRTIO=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIRTIO_RING=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=3Dy
> CONFIG_HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT=3Dy
>
> I'm running `lkvm run --console virtio'. I see all the kernel message=
s
> and also the shell prompt (sh-2.05b#), but whatever I type gets
> ignored, and the shell doesn't get it. Without the `--console virtio'
> flag it works fine.
>
> Am I using it incorrectly?

Virtio console should work but I wonder if your guest kernel
is too old. Sasha, Asias?

                                     Pekka