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Re: [Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH] Paravirtual framebuffer use xvc for xenconso

To: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH] Paravirtual framebuffer use xvc for xenconsole [4/6]
From: Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:25:37 -0400
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On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 08:39 +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:
> I think the requests get dealt with in batches every couple of months. I
> don't think the patch should go in until we get a response, unless we don't
> mind all users having to change their /dev/xvc0 node down the road (I
> presume they'll need one to run a getty on it from inittab; running on
> /dev/console never worked very well for me in the past).

Most users using current kernels are using udev which would handle the
change without any user interaction needed

Jeremy


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