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-rw-r--r--hw/serial.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/serial.c b/hw/serial.c
index 6f7b30e48a..1f4ce77191 100644
--- a/hw/serial.c
+++ b/hw/serial.c
@@ -712,9 +712,14 @@ static void serial_reset(void *opaque)
static void serial_init_core(SerialState *s, qemu_irq irq, int baudbase,
CharDriverState *chr)
{
+ if (!chr) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Can't create serial device, empty char device\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
s->irq = irq;
s->baudbase = baudbase;
- s->chr = chr ?: qemu_chr_open("null", "null", NULL);
+ s->chr = chr;
s->modem_status_poll = qemu_new_timer(vm_clock, (QEMUTimerCB *) serial_update_msl, s);