Re: [RFC PATCH 04/11] kvm tools: console: unconditionally output to any console

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On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@xxxxxxx>
>
> Kvmtool suppresses any output to a console that has not been elected
> as *the* console.
>
> While this makes sense on the input side (we want the input to be sent
> to one console driver only), it seems to be the wrong thing to do on
> the output side, as it effectively prevents the guest from switching
> from one console to another (think earlyprintk using 8250 to virtio
> console).
>
> After all, the guest *does* poke this device and outputs something
> there.
>
> Just remove the kvm->cfg.active_console test from the output paths.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>

Seems reasonable. Asias, Sasha?
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