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Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] python/qemu/machine: Allow to use other serial consol


From: Liam Merwick
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] python/qemu/machine: Allow to use other serial consoles than default
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 11:01:11 +0000
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On 21/01/2020 08:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
On 1/21/20 12:51 AM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
Currently the QEMU Python module limits the QEMUMachine class to
use the first serial console.

Some machines/guest might use another console than the first one as
the 'boot console'. For example the Raspberry Pi uses the second
(AUX) console.

To be able to use the Nth console as default, we simply need to
connect all the N - 1 consoles to the null chardev.

Add an index argument, so we can use a specific serial console as
default.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
---
v2:
- renamed 'console_index', added docstring (Cleber)
- reworded description (pm215)
---
  python/qemu/machine.py | 9 ++++++++-
  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/qemu/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine.py
index 734efd8536..ef9f5b213f 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine.py
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ class QEMUMachine(object):
                           'chardev=mon,mode=control'])
          if self._machine is not None:
              args.extend(['-machine', self._machine])
+        for i in range(self._console_index):
+            args.extend(['-serial', 'null'])

This patch is not sufficient, we have to initialize _console_index in __init__():


with that fix applied

Reviewed-by: Liam Merwick <address@hidden>
Tested-by: Liam Merwick <address@hidden>




-- >8 --
diff --git a/python/qemu/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine.py
index ef9f5b213f..183d8f3d38 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class QEMUMachine(object):
          self._sock_dir = sock_dir
          self._launched = False
          self._machine = None
+        self._console_index = 0
          self._console_set = False
          self._console_device_type = None
          self._console_address = None
---

Else for tests not calling self.set_console() we get:

  'QEMUMachine' object has no attribute '_console_index'

          if self._console_set:
              self._console_address = os.path.join(self._sock_dir,
                                                   self._name + "-console.sock")
@@ -527,7 +529,7 @@ class QEMUMachine(object):
          """
          self._machine = machine_type
-    def set_console(self, device_type=None):
+    def set_console(self, device_type=None, console_index=0):
          """
          Sets the device type for a console device
@@ -548,9 +550,14 @@ class QEMUMachine(object):
                              chardev:console" command line argument will
                              be used instead, resorting to the machine's
                              default device type.
+        @param console_index: the index of the console device to use.
+                              If not zero, the command line will create
+                              'index - 1' consoles and connect them to
+                              the 'null' backing character device.
          """
          self._console_set = True
          self._console_device_type = device_type
+        self._console_index = console_index
      @property
      def console_socket(self):





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