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SubjectRe: [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication
Amit Shah wrote:
> Right; there was some discussion about this. A few alternatives were
> suggested like
>
> - udev scripts to create symlinks from ports to function, like:
>
> /dev/vcon3 -> /dev/virtio-console/clipboard
>
> - Some fqdn-like hierarchy, like
>
> /dev/virtio-console/com/redhat/clipboard
>
> which again can be created by udev scripts
>

And I dislike all of them. What I'd rather have is these devices
exposed as tty's with a sys attribute that exposed the name of the device.

This is not all that different to how usb serial devices work.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori


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