similar to: Multiple port support for virtio-console

Hello, This is the patch that I have for adding support for multiple ports to virtio_console. It's pretty stable in my testing so far and the memory corruption that I had earlier has been resolved in linux-next so I'm proposing this for inclusion. This currently uses device major number 60 from the experimental range; Alan could you please reserve a new major number for virtio_console?

Hello, This is the patch that I have for adding support for multiple ports to virtio_console. It's pretty stable in my testing so far and the memory corruption that I had earlier has been resolved in linux-next so I'm proposing this for inclusion. This currently uses device major number 60 from the experimental range; Alan could you please reserve a new major number for virtio_console?

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. The code has been updated to reuse the virtio-console device instead of creating a new virtio-serial device. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. There are a few items on my

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. The code has been updated to reuse the virtio-console device instead of creating a new virtio-serial device. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. There are a few items on my

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain backward compatibility, the first port to be spawned (port at id 0) is to be a console port, to be bound to hvc. This keeps new

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain backward compatibility, the first port to be spawned (port at id 0) is to be a console port, to be bound to hvc. This keeps new

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain backward compatibility, the first port to be spawned (port at id 0) is to be a console port, to be bound to hvc. This keeps new

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain backward compatibility, the first port to be spawned (port at id 0) is to be a console port, to be bound to hvc. This keeps new

(Rusty, would it improve the chances of getting this patch in your tree if this description were written with latex instead of without it?) Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain

(Rusty, would it improve the chances of getting this patch in your tree if this description were written with latex instead of without it?) Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain

Hello all, This are the latest version of the patches. Lots of things have changed since the last submission. A few of which I remember: - VNC copy / paste works* (* conditions apply) - client vnc copies get propagated to guest port 3 (/dev/vmch3) - guest writes to port 3 (/dev/vmch3) go straight to client's clipboard - sysfs hooks to autodiscover ports - support for 64 ports in this

Hello all, This are the latest version of the patches. Lots of things have changed since the last submission. A few of which I remember: - VNC copy / paste works* (* conditions apply) - client vnc copies get propagated to guest port 3 (/dev/vmch3) - guest writes to port 3 (/dev/vmch3) go straight to client's clipboard - sysfs hooks to autodiscover ports - support for 64 ports in this

Hello, This is a new iteration of the patches that implement virtio-serial. Changes include: * Adding support for port hot-add * Creating ports at specific ids that can be bound to specific apps / usage * Cleanups This code still doesn't get rid of the support for assigning names to ports but it just has to be ripped out. Comments welcome. Thanks, Amit.

Hello, This is a new iteration of the patches that implement virtio-serial. Changes include: * Adding support for port hot-add * Creating ports at specific ids that can be bound to specific apps / usage * Cleanups This code still doesn't get rid of the support for assigning names to ports but it just has to be ripped out. Comments welcome. Thanks, Amit.

Expose multiple char devices ("ports") for simple communication between the host userspace and guest. Sample offline usages can be: poking around in a guest to find out the file systems used, applications installed, etc. Online usages can be sharing of clipboard data between the guest and the host, sending information about logged-in users to the host, locking the screen or session when

Expose multiple char devices ("ports") for simple communication between the host userspace and guest. Sample offline usages can be: poking around in a guest to find out the file systems used, applications installed, etc. Online usages can be sharing of clipboard data between the guest and the host, sending information about logged-in users to the host, locking the screen or session when

Hey Rusty, This is the way I did the split; patches 1..7 are preparation for multiple ports. Patch 8 adds multiport support. It's the big one since we have to put the header in and retain support for multiple consoles and console resizing. Patch 9 adds port hotplug Patch 10 adds sysfs entries and 12 adds debugfs. Patches 13, 14 and 15 add throttling, caching and unplug features.

Hey Rusty, This is the way I did the split; patches 1..7 are preparation for multiple ports. Patch 8 adds multiport support. It's the big one since we have to put the header in and retain support for multiple consoles and console resizing. Patch 9 adds port hotplug Patch 10 adds sysfs entries and 12 adds debugfs. Patches 13, 14 and 15 add throttling, caching and unplug features.

Hey Rusty, In this version: - Assume only one inbuf; no input buffering for ports - Remove the START/END delimiters for outgoing buffers - Remove the header that was sent along with each buffer - Remove unused buffers in the vqs at port remove time - Send a guest port open message to the host when a console port is attached - Remove cached buffers when ports are closed / disconnected - Send

Hey Rusty, In this version: - Assume only one inbuf; no input buffering for ports - Remove the START/END delimiters for outgoing buffers - Remove the header that was sent along with each buffer - Remove unused buffers in the vqs at port remove time - Send a guest port open message to the host when a console port is attached - Remove cached buffers when ports are closed / disconnected - Send