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From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] 2nd serial port by default
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:26:40 +0000
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On Sunday 07 December 2008, Herv=E9 Poussineau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Most computers have 0 or 2 serial ports, but Qemu only allocates one by
> default.
> Attached patch defines 2 serial ports by default, instead of one.
> Previous behaviour can be done with "-serial vc:80Cx24C -serial none"
> argument.
>
> Please comment

I'm not sure where you're getting "most" from, or your justification for th=
is=20
change.

A quick survey here indicates that most workstation/server class hardware h=
as=20
a single accessible serial port, and embedded boards commonly have 3 or 4.

In practice I'd expect that by far the most common use for serial ports is =
a=20
serial console, and one is more than sufficient for that. If you want to do=
=20
anything else then you're probably going to need special -serial options=20
anyway.

Paul