[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Virtual console driver on /dev/xvc0

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4 Aug 2006, at 00:07, Amos Waterland wrote:

> The below is the least invasive approach I can find, and works well on
> my PPC64 blades: I can boot the exact same kernel on bare hardware and
> as a dom0.  I am sure there will be distro concerns (such as
> /etc/inittab and /etc/securetty), but I'd like to get the ball rolling
> with this initial submission.
>
> Note that you have to put `xencons=xvc0' in your Linux .config, and run
> `mknod /dev/xvc0 c 232 0' in your rootfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <apw@xxxxxxxxxx>
How did you pick the major? Is there a process for allocating one (I 
think our bklock-device major is now official)? Could we use a more 
dynamic (e.g., udev-based) scheme to avoid locking down 1/256th of the 
8-bit major space for this?
 -- Keir


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