Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] xen/console: unify printout behavior for UART emulators

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

On 28/06/2025 18:26, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
>
> On 21/06/2025 01:52, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > Widely used or not - _I_ use it all the time in debug configs where 
> > > serial
> > > is available.
> > Fair enough and your usage is really important for the project. At the
> > same time you know exactly what's going on so you wouldn't be confused
> > by the presence or absence of a (d0) prefix.
> >
> > The main issue is when less familiar users try Xen, or less familiar
> > developers go through the Xen source code to learn from it.
> >
> > I would optimize this choice to make it simpler for users and to make
> > the code simpler. Your use-case is really important as well, but I would
> > trust you to understand what's going on either way, with or without the
> > (d0) prefix.
> Thanks for the clarification. I gave a try with and without the series 
> to understand a bit more the difference. I think there are some 
> imbalance in that setup because when the focus is on Xen, the logs are 
> still prefixed with "(XEN)". So naturally the log with no prefix are the 
> one for Dom0. So I have to agree with Jan here.
I forgot to clarify, this is not an ask to remove (XEN) when the focus 
is on Xen. This is more we should keep the existing behavior.
Cheers,

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Julien Grall