Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH] allow connecting to xenconsole from remote hosts

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/9/06 19:12, "Muli Ben-Yehuda" <muli@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Why is this a problem? In cases where an echo is really not wanted, like in
>> a gdb control session, the remote end would not be echoing in the first
>> place.
> 
> Hmm, are you saying it's not the pty itself that echo's stuff back at
> us, it's whatever is on the other side? (the console daemon or the
> domain?). 

The echoing comes from the domU itself, unless it's running some kind of
raw-mode client on the console. A normal getty setup will have echoing.

> In any case, I have to admit it hasn't bitten us in practice when
> using gdb; either gdb is smart enough to handle this on its own or I'm
> missing something. However, supporting --noecho is still nicer from an
> aesthetic point of view: compare a console session with and without
> --noecho and using telnet on the remote side - without it you get
> everything you write echo'd back at you.

You mean telnet connected to xenconsole connected to domU? You should run
the telnet in raw mode. Problem solved.

 -- Keir



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