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diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig index e023682..3141dd3 100644 --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ config VIRTIO_CONSOLE help Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors. + Also serves as a general-purpose serial device for data + transfer between the guest and host. Character devices at + /dev/vportNpn will be created when corresponding ports are + found, where N is the device number and n is the port number + within that device. If specified by the host, a sysfs + attribute called 'name' will be populated with a name for + the port which can be used by udev scripts to create a + symlink to the device. config HVCS tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support" |