Currently the serial.c realize code has an explicit check that it is not
connected to a disconnected backend (ie one with a NULL chardev).
This isn't what we want -- you should be able to create a serial device
even if it isn't attached to anything. Remove the check.
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org>
---
hw/char/serial.c | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/char/serial.c b/hw/char/serial.c
index eb72191ee7..2c080c9862 100644
--- a/hw/char/serial.c
+++ b/hw/char/serial.c
@@ -923,11 +923,6 @@ static int serial_be_change(void *opaque)
void serial_realize_core(SerialState *s, Error **errp)
{
- if (!qemu_chr_fe_backend_connected(&s->chr)) {
- error_setg(errp, "Can't create serial device, empty char device");
- return;
- }
-
s->modem_status_poll = timer_new_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, (QEMUTimerCB *)
serial_update_msl, s);
s->fifo_timeout_timer = timer_new_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, (QEMUTimerCB *)
fifo_timeout_int, s);
--
2.17.0
