From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756551Ab1KIAyH (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:54:07 -0500 Received: from wolverine02.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.251]:42198 "EHLO wolverine02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754227Ab1KIAyF (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:54:05 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="5400,1158,6524"; a="133558240" Message-ID: <4EB9CF2C.7040501@codeaurora.org> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:54:04 -0800 From: Stephen Boyd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686 on x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Miche Baker-Harvey CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/3] Support multiple VirtioConsoles. References: <20111108192916.30437.47434.stgit@miche.sea.corp.google.com> In-Reply-To: <20111108192916.30437.47434.stgit@miche.sea.corp.google.com> 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 11/08/11 11:29, Miche Baker-Harvey wrote: > (Amit pointed out that the patches never went out. This is a resend of > the series meant to go out on 11/2/2011; I've marked it "v2".) > > This patchset applies to linux-next/next-20111102. > > This series implements support for multiple virtio_consoles using KVM. > > This patchset addresses several issues associated with trying to > establish multiple virtio consoles. > > I'm trying to start a guest via KVM that supports multiple virtual > consoles, with getty's on each, and with some being console devices. > > These patches let me establish more than one VirtioConsole (I'm > running eight at the moment), and enable console output appearing on > one of them. It still doesn't successfully generate console output on > multiple VirtioConsoles. > > Let me apologise for my last patch having gotten into Linus' tree, and > leaving other people to deal with crashes. I had meant to be asking > for guidance, but I didn't mark it as "RFC". > > This series reflects the input from Konrad Rzeszutek, Amit Shah, Stephen > Boyd, and Rusty Russell. I think we do have to limit hvc_alloc() to one > thread. It might be good to Cc these people in the future. I only found this when scanning over lkml. > > I would appreciate any comments or feedback, or accept if appropriate. I tested this against next-20111102 and I see duplicate messages on the console. What's going on? # echo hi > /dev/kmsg [ 132.960000] hi [ 132.960000] hi -- Sent by an employee of the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum.