Re: [Xen-devel] [Xen-users] Xen 4.2 TODO (io and irq parameter are not evaluated by xl)

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 31.08.12 at 19:59, Kirk Allan wrote:
>>> In one of my Window's vm config files, I was able to get the vm to
>>> boot using ioports=['3f8-3ff'].  My goal was to do serial debugging of
>>> the Windows vm.  I also added irq=[4] to the config file.  However, I
>>> was not able to actually get a debug session to work.  The physical
>>> machine running windbg received a string from the vm which gave me
>>> hope that it was working, but then it never received further data so
>>> the vm eventually booted without being attached to the debugger.
>> 
>> Thanks, the question was whether it would be useful to implement the
>>      ioports = '3f8-3ff'
>>      irq = 4
>> syntax as well as the
>>      ioports = ['3f8-3ff']
>>      irq = [4]
>> but it looks like you are actually using the array version anyway?
> 
> I first looked at this last week.  I found reference to both formats so I 
> tried both.  I was only able to get the ioports = ['3f8-3ff'] and irq = [4] 
> syntax to allow a vm to boot.

So Ian, I guess I got mislead by there being references to the
non-array format - no need to alter your patch then in any way.

Sorry for the noise, Jan


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