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Re: [Xen-devel] Cannot access dom0 console

To: Steve Kemp <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Cannot access dom0 console
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:19:39 +0100
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On 10/8/07 10:10, "Steve Kemp" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> (1) Gets you previous console behaviour. (2) updates your dom0 to handle new
>> console behaviour.
> 
>   Is there a programmatic way of telling from dom0 which type of console
>  is in use?
> 
>   ie. xvc0 if /dev/xvc0 exists, othewise ttyS?

Yes, if you have a udev-based system then /dev/xvc0 will only exist if the
Xen console driver registers it.

 -- Keir


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