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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Console Daemon

To: Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Console Daemon
From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:05:15 -0500
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert Read <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Ian Pratt wrote:

What I'd really like to see this console deamon do is to implement a
FIFO buffer of the last N megabytes of console output, hence providing
buffering while the tty is disconnected. Regardless of whether the tty
is connected, it would be good to keep the last M megabytes stored on
disk in /var/log/xen-myvmname.
Today it buffers N bytes worth of data in memory regardless of whether the tty is connected (or reading from). How much it buffers is configurable via the store (by default the buffer has no limit so ensure console data is never lost).

Keeping a history wouldn't be a hard change.  I'll submit some patches.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

Thanks,
Ian



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