H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 09/18/2009 10:55 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > >> I fail to see how this is at all relevant. This is a virtual machine, >> we're presenting virtual hardware that behaves like a serial device. >> Where web servers fit in is completely beyond me. >> >> > > s/virtio_console/virtio_serial/ > > There is a fairly noticeable difference between a "console device" and a > "serial device". However, something that can be extended and exported > to a physical serial port is definitely the latter. >
Indeed. I think part of the confusion here is that virtio_console started as just as console and hence it used hvc. As part of the current reworking, I think it makes sense to rename the driver virtio_serial. Regards, Anthony Liguori > -hpa > > _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
