Re: [Xen-devel] Fwd: Question about Xen Console

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 01:59:15PM +0800, Wei Xu wrote:
> Hi Konrad,
> I'd like to consult you some questions about the Xen Console, i'm
> investigating it recently, i take some test on Linux(Fedora) hvm guest, it
> works good. (Xen-4.1.3 and Linux 3.5.0).
> 
> The most confused question of me is why did Xen Console come to mind in the
> early date, What's the requirement? Was it going to replace the emulated
> serial by qemu, or just an additional way to access the guest with high
> performance or sth other?
> 
> I have post this in the xen-devel mail list and got some useful answer,

Then lets add CC to it again.
> since you are the expert about it, I'd like to consult you for the original
> answer, thanks.

The answer is 'additional way to access the guest without having to emulate
the serial port'

> 
> Regards,
> Wei

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