From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Subject: Re: console questions
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:59:42 +0100
Message-ID: <C2DDE4FE.13AAF%keir@xensource.com>
References: <20070806212923.GA22302@fc.hp.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Return-path: <xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070806212923.GA22302@fc.hp.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>,
	<mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Post: <mailto:xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
List-Help: <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>,
	<mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com
Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com
To: Aron Griffis <aron@hp.com>, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org

On 6/8/07 22:29, "Aron Griffis" <aron@hp.com> wrote:

> 1. xencons=xvc works and makes more sense than clobbering ttyS0 by
>    default.  Is there some reason that the default for xencons is
>    still ttyS on dom0?  Sure hvc is coming, but would it be reasonable
>    to change the default for xencons in the meantime?

Now done for dom0 and domU. Users will need to change their inittab to getty
xvc0, or need to place 'xencons=tty' on their kernel command line.

> 2. xencons=xvc1 and upward is accepted by the kernel, but it just
>    changes the userland naming.  The major/minor remains the same at
>    204/191.  What's the point of this?  Is there any reason to allow
>    anything other than xencons=xvc or xencons=xvc0?

What's the better alternative? Needlessly penalise a typo?

 -- Keir