Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] PV framebuffer

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/11/06 2:20 pm, "Steven Smith" <sos22-xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_FRAMEBUFFER
>> +                       xc_mode = XC_XVC;
>> +#else
>> +                       xc_mode = XC_TTY;
>> +#endif
>> +               }
> This hunk is changing the default behaviour of xencons in domU from
> registering as tty{0...} to registering as xvc{0...}, yes?  That's
> going to confuse a lot of people with existing domUs which have gettys
> etc. set up on /dev/ttyX but not /dev/xvcX.

We're waiting to hear from lanana before switching to xvc. I re-submitted
the allocation request two weeks ago (31st October). I haven't heard
anything yet. I suppose since static device nodes in /dev are rare these
days (since everyone moved to udev) we can just squat on some device number
for the time being, or settle for requesting a dynamic one at boot time and
require use of udev for anyone who cares about the device node. We already
settled for that with /dev/xen/evtchn, for example.

 -- Keir



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