virtio-serial: Add a 'virtserialport' device for generic serial port support
commitb60c470b8d0dc5574806b4c8bf47b0c8083eda40
authorAmit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:06:56 +0000 (20 00:36 +0530)
committerAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:25:23 +0000 (20 08:25 -0600)
tree5114395fbff4c338fff671750d3c7fb96b271e31
parentf146ec9a6dccc28b826f08f9dbb341218355d8bb
virtio-serial: Add a 'virtserialport' device for generic serial port support

This commit adds a simple chardev-based serial port. Any data the guest
sends is forwarded to the chardev and vice-versa.

Sample uses for such a device can be obtaining info from the guest like
the file systems used, apps installed, etc. for offline usage and
logged-in users, clipboard copy-paste, etc. for online usage.

Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
hw/virtio-serial.c