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Re: [Xen-users] Serial port in domU

To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Giovanni Bordello <g.bordello@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Serial port in domU
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:34:18 +0100
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> I don't use it for networking, but for text messaging - it talks to a
> database and some other processes, i.e. I'd really like to avoid
> having the userspace driver in dom0. Is that somehow possible? I only
> know about dedicating whole PCI devices to domains but how about
> giving them serial ports? Is that possible?

It's doable technically but might require a bit of hacking on Xen and the 
tools to make it work.

Otherwise the most straightforward way to deal with this would be to just 
share through dom0.

Cheers,
Mark

> Given that I know the IRQ/iobase, have kernel with drivers in domU, etc...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Giovanni
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