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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-03-09 17:11:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-03-09 17:11:53 +0100 |
| commit | 548b84166917d6f5e2296123b85ad24aecd3801d (patch) | |
| tree | 0ab0300e23a02df0fe3c0579627e4998bb122c00 /drivers/char/Kconfig | |
| parent | cfb581bcd4f8c158c6f2b48bf5e232bb9e6855c0 (diff) | |
| parent | 57d54889cd00db2752994b389ba714138652e60c (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.34-rc1' into perf/urgent
Conflicts:
tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
Merge reason: Pick up -rc1 and resolve the conflict as well.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/Kconfig | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig index e023682be2c..3141dd3b6e5 100644 --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ config VIRTIO_CONSOLE help Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors. + Also serves as a general-purpose serial device for data + transfer between the guest and host. Character devices at + /dev/vportNpn will be created when corresponding ports are + found, where N is the device number and n is the port number + within that device. If specified by the host, a sysfs + attribute called 'name' will be populated with a name for + the port which can be used by udev scripts to create a + symlink to the device. config HVCS tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support" |