Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 8/8] tools/console: remove 5s bodge in console client

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wei Liu writes ("Re: [RFC PATCH 8/8] tools/console: remove 5s bodge in console 
client"):
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 05:18:47PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Well, except that xenconsole is also on the path.  I (now) don't
> > understand why this functionality needs to be moved from xenconsole to
> > libxl.
> 
> There needs to be a entity that waits for the node to appear. I thought
> libxl was in a better position.  That being said, I think let xenconsole
> wait would also work.

My point is that xenconsole seems to have the functionality already.
You are moving it to libxl.

The sole visible effect of this is to make xenconsole unreliable for
people who invoke it directly.

Or have I misunderstood ?

Ian.

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