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SubjectRe: [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication
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Am Mittwoch 30 September 2009 19:13:21 schrieben Sie:
> On (Tue) Sep 29 2009 [15:31:23], Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> > Am Dienstag 29 September 2009 15:09:50 schrieb Amit Shah:
> > > Great, thanks. However I was thinking of moving this init to the
> > > probe() routine instead of in the init_conosle routine just because
> > > multiple consoles can be added and we don't want to init this each
> > > time.. just once in probe is fine.
> >
> > If you have new patch CC me and I can give it a spin.
>
> Hey Christian,
>
> I have a new patch that changes a few things:
> - moves the put_char fix to probe instead of doing it in
> init_port_console(), which gets called on each console port found.
> - uses port->id instead of a static hvc_vtermno to pass on a value to
> hvc_alloc(). Motivation explained within comments in the code.
> - A few other changes that introduce and make use of port->vcon instead
> of accessing the static virtconsole directly -- aimed at easing future
> fix to have multiple virtio-console devices.
>
> It would be great if you could test this.

With the latest git kernel + your patch I sometmes get a completely frozen
console. In the dump there is

<3>virtio_console virtio0: output:id 68 is not a head!

Seems that I can reproduce it with large amounts of output (find / for example)
Without your patch everything is fine.

Christian



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