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Bug 624928

Summary: Add a rule for virtio-port naming
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Amit Shah <amit.shah>
Component: udevAssignee: Harald Hoyer <harald>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 5.6CC: acathrow, ajia, azelinka, bazulay, iheim, mkenneth, pknirsch, virt-maint, ykaul
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: udev-095-14.22.el5 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
The virtio-console driver has been updated to handle generic communication in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6. For any named virtio-serial ports, this update now creates symbolic links in '/dev/virtio-ports/'.
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: 620037 Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-01-13 23:01:17 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
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oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On: 620037    
Bug Blocks: 613059    

Comment 6 Martin Prpič 2010-12-06 14:14:24 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, udev did not create symbolic links for virtio-ports. With this update, they are created in '/dev/virtio-ports/'.

Comment 13 Martin Prpič 2010-12-06 15:46:11 UTC
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
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-Previously, udev did not create symbolic links for virtio-ports. With this update, they are created in '/dev/virtio-ports/'.+The virtio-console driver has been updated to handle generic communication in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6. For any named virtio-serial ports, this update now creates symbolic links in '/dev/virtio-ports/'.

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2011-01-13 23:01:17 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0073.html