Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:12:47 +0200 | From | Hendrik Brueckner <> | Subject | [RFC PATCH 0/5] patches for a network-based hvc backend (s390) |
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Hello,
I work on a network-based hvc console backend for s390 that allows to get "full-screen" terminal access to z/VM guest machines. The solution consists of a HVC backend that provides the terminal interface; and a tool to connect to the terminal via a z/VM specific communication protocol.
The network-based backend differs in a few aspects from the notifier-based model of the HVC console; because it has to deal with (dis)connects and must take care of virtual tty hangups. Therefore, I would like to introduce a third notifier for hangups (see patch 1).
Further I found out that if put_char() returns 0 in particular cases, the hvc console starts to loop. I tried to address this problem with patch 3 and I hope that it will work for all backends.
Finally, I would like to add a function that allows to resize the terminal window of a HVC terminal (patch 4).
Here is an overview about the complete patch series: Patch 1 adds a hangup notifier Patch 2 adds tty driver flag TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS Patch 3 fixes a loop if put_char() returns 0 Patch 4 adds a function to resize the tty window Patch 5 removes __devexit of hvc_remove() for use in __(dev)init sections
Any review feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Regards, Hendrik -- Hendrik Brueckner D/3303 Linux on System z Development Tel: +49 7031 16-1073 Fax: +49 7031 16-3456 eMail: brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH, Schoenaicher Str. 220, 71032 Boeblingen
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