On Feb 13, 2015, at 2:45 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> We're going to need to automatically create and update
>> the menu entries based on which consoles get created
>> if we want this to work properly, I think. Gerd, any
>> suggestions? Is there a hook for "list of active
>> consoles has changed"?
>
> No. consoles are not hotpluggable.
>
>> What's the right way to get
>> the printable name of a console?
>
> gd_vc_gfx_init() has code for gfx consoles (qemu_console_is_graphic() ==
> true).
>
> There is nothing for text consoles.
>
> Guess we should create a qemu_console_get_label() helper function in
> ui/console.c, then move the code from gd_vc_gfx_init() to that place,
> and for text consoles use QemuConsole->chr->label.
>
> cheers,
> Gerd
Thank you Gerd for your suggestion.
Here is my suggestion:
int get_Graphics_Console_Index()
int get_Serial_Console_Index()
int get_Parallel_Console_Index()
int get_Monitor_Console_Index()
Then I would be able to do this:
console_select(get_Serial_Console_Index());
The is simple and to the point. No having to have to search for a console.
If the console does not exist, the function could return -1. Then the code
would something like this:
if(get_Serial_Console_Index() != -1)
console_select(get_Serial_Console_Index());
else
printf("Sorry but Serial console does not exist\n\a");
