* Re: lkvm issue: --console virtio keyboard doesn't work
2013-10-12 9:50 ` lkvm issue: --console virtio keyboard doesn't work Pekka Enberg
@ 2013-10-13 23:35 ` Asias He
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From: Asias He @ 2013-10-13 23:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pekka Enberg; +Cc: P�ter Szab�, kvm, Sasha Levin, Cyrill Gorcunov
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 11:50:37AM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On 10/12/13 11:09 AM, P?ter Szab? 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_yr8E6EUJl7t7Tzrh1p4qKxkTHieoss8yu_Y
> >bzImage-3.2.51 (2.0 MB)
> >https://mega.co.nz/#!5lBVmDZL!WpPRWA7ZflevBIPPNGNM_FkkY-ErBNQMoEbw0XePi5I
> >
> >Config:
> >
> >$ grep -E 'VIRTIO|MMIO' .config
> >CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=y
> >CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
> >CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
> >CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
> >CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO=y
> >CONFIG_VIRTIO=y
> >CONFIG_VIRTIO_RING=y
> >CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
> >CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
> >CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
> >CONFIG_HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT=y
> >
> >I'm running `lkvm run --console virtio'. I see all the kernel messages
> >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
Did you start a getty program in your guest for virtio console?
commit 2a9bf9ca069c3476ec3c320ea1276f86158fe3fd
Author: Asias He <asias.hejun@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Apr 8 22:12:52 2011 +0800
kvm tools: Virtio console support
This patch adds simple virtio console support to the hypervisor.
NOTE, NOTE, NOTE: Please add something like this to your /etc/inittab file:
T2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L hvc0 9600 vt100
to get a virtio console login.
Signed-off-by: Asias He <asias.hejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
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Asias
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