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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I try to exchange datas between host and Guest by adding these lines in a guest .xml conf file :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><channel type='pty'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"> <target type='virtio' name='arbitrary.virtio.serial.port.name'/><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"> </channel><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Then /dev/virtio-ports/arbitrary.virtio.serial.port.name is exposed in the guest and a /dev/pts/x is seen as source path on the host.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I checked that on two Linux hosts :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-1.2.8-16.el7_1.3.x86_64<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">qemu-kvm-1.5.3-86.el7_1.5.x86_64<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-86.el7_1.5.x86_64<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>qemu-guest-agent-2.1.0-4.el7.x86_64<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>ipxe-roms-qemu-20130517-6.gitc4bce43.el7.noarch<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">qemu-img-1.5.3-86.el7_1.5.x86_64<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Linux sparring 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 18:37:38 EST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6.x86_64<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6.x86_64<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.10.el6.noarch<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Linux orion 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The device is only exposed on the guest of the first host .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Is it due to a too old version of qemu and/or Linux on the second host or some packages missing on this second host ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thx.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#888888;mso-fareast-language:FR">P</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888;mso-fareast-language:FR"> Pensez à l’environnement avant d’imprimer.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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