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2008-07-25virtio_console: use virtqueue notification for hvc_consoleChristian Borntraeger
This patch exploits the new notifier callbacks of the hvc_console. We can use the virtio callbacks instead of the polling code. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-02-04virtio: simplify config mechanism.Rusty Russell
Previously we used a type/len pair within the config space, but this seems overkill. We now simply define a structure which represents the layout in the config space: the config space can now only be extended at the end. The main driver-visible changes: 1) We indicate what fields are present with an explicit feature bit. 2) Virtqueues are explicitly numbered, and not in the config space. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-11-05virtio/virtcons: fix section mismatch warningRandy Dunlap
Make virtcons_probe() __devinit. Fixes this section warning: WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x14c10b): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:hvc_alloc (between 'virtcons_probe' and 'ac_register_board') Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-23Virtio console driverRusty Russell
This is an hvc-based virtio console driver. It's suboptimal becuase hvc expects to have raw access to interrupts and virtio doesn't assume that, so it currently polls. There are two solutions: expose hvc's "kick" interface, or wean off hvc. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>