[PATCH 6/7] tty/powerpc: introduce the ePAPR embedded hypervisor byte channel driver

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Fri May 20 01:02:39 EST 2011


On Thursday 19 May 2011, Timur Tabi wrote:
> 
> The ePAPR embedded hypervisor specification provides an API for "byte
> channels", which are serial-like virtual devices for sending and receiving
> streams of bytes.

Why is this using a full tty driver instead of the hvc framework that most
other hypervisor consoles use?

	Arnd


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