From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LMpsz-00013L-E1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:17 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LMpsv-0000zY-Vs for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:14 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45297 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LMpsv-0000yw-KH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:13 -0500 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:40800) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LMpsu-0001dl-NI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:13 -0500 Message-ID: <496CF94D.9010903@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:27:57 +0200 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 4] Add virtio-console support to qemu References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: ehrhardt@linux.vnet.ibm.com, aliguori@us.ibm.com, borntraeger@de.ibm.com Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > To complete qemu virtio device support this patch series add virtio-console > infrastructure to qemu in patch 1/2. > Patch 3/4 initializes virtio-console on the tested architectures x86 and > powerpc. > What is the advantage of virtio-console, compared to the standard serial port? -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.