microsoft / microsoft/openvmm

openvmm: have com1 and com2 always use vmbus serial if --vtl2 is present

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Description

on hyper-v this is the how it's split:
com1,2 = vmbus based
com3,4 = emulated

remove the --vmbus-com1-serial and --vmbus-com2-serial args

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Research direction

Start by locating the OpenVMM argument definitions and the serial-port selection path for --vtl2, --vmbus-com1-serial, and --vmbus-com2-serial. Confirm how COM1–COM4 are currently split, then remove the two obsolete arguments and ensure --vtl2 selects VMBus serial for COM1 and COM2 while COM3 and COM4 remain emulated.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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