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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] patches for a network-based hvc backend (s390)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 11:12 +0200, Hendrik Brueckner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I work on a network-based hvc console backend for s390 that allows
> to get "full-screen" terminal access to z/VM guest machines.
> The solution consists of a HVC backend that provides the terminal interface;
> and a tool to connect to the terminal via a z/VM specific communication
> protocol.

 .../...

Hi !

What's the status with that patch serie ? Is this 2.6.28 material ?
Alan, are you ok with those ? Hendrik, have there been any respin other
than v2 of patch 4/5 ?

I can merge it via powerpc but it's getting late in the merge window...

Cheers,
Ben.