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docs: UML: Mention telnetd for port channel
It is not obvious from the documentation that using the "port" channel for the console requires telnetd to be installed (see port_connection() in arch/um/drivers/port_user.c). Mention this, and the fact that UML will not boot until a client connects. Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@axis.com> Acked-by: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220310124230.3069354-1-vincent.whitchurch@axis.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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* The fd channel - use file descriptor numbers for input/output. Example:
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``con1=fd:0,fd:1.``
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* The port channel - listen on TCP port number. Example: ``con1=port:4321``
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* The port channel - start a telnet server on TCP port number. Example:
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``con1=port:4321``. The host must have /usr/sbin/in.telnetd (usually part of
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a telnetd package) and the port-helper from the UML utilities (see the
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information for the xterm channel below). UML will not boot until a client
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connects.
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* The pty and pts channels - use system pty/pts.
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