Bug#616720: linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64: Feature request -- Serial driver serial8250 as module

2011-03-09 Thread David Rütti
Hello Ian I tried without unload the 8250 driver and starting the domU resuted in an IRQ 4 error. So what you really need is to inhibit the 8250 driver from claiming the ports/irqs associated with the serial points. I don't think you need to inhibit the driver loading to do this. I

Bug#616720: linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64: Feature request -- Serial driver serial8250 as module

2011-03-08 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 13:23 +0100, David Rütti wrote: Hello Bastian Please compile serial driver serial8250 as module instead into the kernel. Please explain why. I would like to provide a DomU serial port access according to the xen-wiki. To have access to the serial

Bug#616720: linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64: Feature request -- Serial driver serial8250 as module

2011-03-07 Thread David Rütti
Hello Ben Thank you for your quick reply! Please compile serial driver serial8250 as module instead into the kernel. Serial console support requires the serial driver to be built-in. OK. Has this been changed in Xen 4.0 and kernel 2.6.32? Before squeeze was released, I have been

Bug#616720: linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64: Feature request -- Serial driver serial8250 as module

2011-03-07 Thread Bastian Blank
tags 616720 + moreinfo - upstream thanks On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 10:35:42PM +0100, David Ruetti wrote: Please compile serial driver serial8250 as module instead into the kernel. Please explain why. Bastian -- The heart is not a logical organ. -- Dr. Janet Wallace, The Deadly

Bug#616720: linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64: Feature request -- Serial driver serial8250 as module

2011-03-06 Thread David Ruetti
Package: linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64 Version: 2.6.32+29 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream Please compile serial driver serial8250 as module instead into the kernel. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)