Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 for-4.5 7/7] xl: add support for 'channels'

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Scott writes ("[PATCH v7 for-4.5 7/7] xl: add support for 'channels'"):
> This adds support for channel declarations of the form:
> 
>  channel = [ "name=...,connection=...[,path=...][,backend=...]" ]
> 
> where 'name' is a label to identify the channel to the frontend.
> 
> If 'connection = pty' then the channel is connected to a pty in the
>  backend domain
> If 'connection = socket' then the channel is connected to a Unix domain
>  socket given by 'path = ...' in the backend domain.
> 
> This patch also adds the command:
> 
>  xl channel-list <domain>
> 
> which allows the state of channels to be queried. In particular if
> 'connection=pty' this will show the path of the pty slave device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Scott <dave.scott@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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