Bug#903122: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64: Please add char/virtio_console module (paravirtualized serial) to netinst

2018-07-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2018-07-10 at 02:32 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Control: reassign -1 src:linux > Control: tag -1 patch > > Ben Hutchings (2018-07-09): > > I would say virtio-modules. All the virtio class drivers depend on > > virtio and virtio_ring, which means that adding them to any other > >

Bug#903122: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64: Please add char/virtio_console module (paravirtualized serial) to netinst

2018-07-09 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Control: reassign -1 src:linux Control: tag -1 patch Ben Hutchings (2018-07-09): > I would say virtio-modules. All the virtio class drivers depend on > virtio and virtio_ring, which means that adding them to any other > package would require that package to depend on virtio-modules. > > (The

Bug#903122: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64: Please add char/virtio_console module (paravirtualized serial) to netinst

2018-07-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2018-07-08 at 06:37 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: [...] > Vincent Caron (2018-07-06): [...] > > If this module makes it to netinst's initrd, one would use those kvm > > args: > > > > -chardev file,path=virtiocon0.log,id=virtiocon0 > > -device virtio-serial > > -device

Bug#903122: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64: Please add char/virtio_console module (paravirtualized serial) to netinst

2018-07-07 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi Vincent, Vincent Caron (2018-07-06): > Package: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: d-i > > Dear Maintainer, > > while automating Debian image creations thru netinst + KVM, I stumbled > upon a limitation from the emulated UARTs (if one sends back from the > guest

Bug#903122: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64: Please add char/virtio_console module (paravirtualized serial) to netinst

2018-07-06 Thread Vincent Caron
Package: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64 Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, while automating Debian image creations thru netinst + KVM, I stumbled upon a limitation from the emulated UARTs (if one sends back from the guest to the host large logs, it might overrun the UART buffer