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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:19:30 +0300
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: virtio device for simple host
	<-> guest communication
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To: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
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On 6/23/09, Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com> wrote:
> This interface presents a char device from which bits can be
>  sent and read.

>  +struct virtio_serial_config
>  +{
>  +    uint32_t nr_ports;
>  +    uint16_t status;
>  +} __attribute__((packed));

Obviously this has to match the kernel structure if you go for 16 bit nr_ports.