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From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
To: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 2/3] virtio-console: Add a virtio-serial bus, support for multiple ports
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:08:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091020110806.GA12094@amd.home.annexia.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1256022825-16180-3-git-send-email-amit.shah@redhat.com>

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:43:44PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
>  DEF("virtioconsole", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_virtiocon, \
>      "-virtioconsole c\n" \
> -    "                set virtio console\n")
> +    "                define virtio console\n")

It would be much better to add a detectable string here so we
(libguestfs) can tell if multiport is supported.  Something like:

       "                set virtio console (multiport)\n"

>  STEXI
>  @item -virtioconsole @var{c}
>  Set virtio console.
> +
> +This option is maintained for backward compatibility.
> +
> +Please use @code{-device virtioconsole} for the new way of invocation

I think you mean -device virtconsole here.

Rich.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-10-20 11:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-20  7:13 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 0/3] virtio-console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest-host communication Amit Shah
2009-10-20  7:13 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 1/3] qdev: add string property Amit Shah
2009-10-20  7:13   ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 2/3] virtio-console: Add a virtio-serial bus, support for multiple ports Amit Shah
2009-10-20  7:13     ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 3/3] virtio-console: Add a new virtserialport device for generic serial port support Amit Shah
2009-10-20  8:51       ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-10-20  9:48         ` Amit Shah
2009-10-20 14:02           ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-10-21  3:44             ` Amit Shah
2009-10-20  8:49     ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 2/3] virtio-console: Add a virtio-serial bus, support for multiple ports Gerd Hoffmann
2009-10-20 11:08     ` Richard W.M. Jones [this message]
2009-10-20 12:01       ` Amit Shah
2009-10-20 12:05         ` Richard W.M. Jones
2009-10-20 12:16           ` Amit Shah
2009-10-20  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 0/3] virtio-console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest-host communication Gerd Hoffmann
2009-10-20  9:50   ` Amit Shah
2009-10-20 11:54 ` Dor Laor
2009-10-20 12:03   ` Amit Shah

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