[et-mgmt-tools] [PATCH] virt-install: Add --serial and --parallel options

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Tue Jul 14 14:04:01 UTC 2009


Cole Robinson wrote:
> The attached patch adds --serial and --parallel options to virt-install, for
> attaching the respective devices to the new VM. Isn't much to say here, some
> examples explain it all:
> 
> Serial PTY:
> 
> --serial pty
> 
> Parallel to a file:
> 
> --serial file,path=/tmp/foo.log
> 
> TCP net console in server mode, using telnet format:
> 
> --serial tcp,host=0.0.0.0:2222,mode=bind,protocol=telnet
> 
> UDP net console, sending output to the specified host:
> 
> --serial udp,host=192.168.10.20:4444
> 
> The man page has examples for several other types as well. --serial and
> --parallel share the same option format, as they do in the libvirt xml.
> 
> Any questions or comments appreciated.
> 
> - Cole
> 

Pushed now.

Thanks,
Cole




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