From 1b0b51ed94421e582c976131374ad12d40dd2f29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@proxmox.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 09:47:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] serial: allow to pass arbitrary device names

---
 PVE/QemuServer.pm | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 29705982..9b791b85 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -598,9 +598,9 @@ PVE::JSONSchema::register_standard_option("pve-qm-hostpci", $hostpcidesc);
 my $serialdesc = {
 	optional => 1,
 	type => 'string',
-	pattern => '(/dev/ttyS\d+|socket)',
+	pattern => '(/dev/.+|socket)',
 	description =>  <<EODESCR,
-Create a serial device inside the VM (n is 0 to 3), and pass through a host serial device, or create a unix socket on the host side (use 'qm terminal' to open a terminal connection).
+Create a serial device inside the VM (n is 0 to 3), and pass through a host serial device (i.e. /dev/ttyS0), or create a unix socket on the host side (use 'qm terminal' to open a terminal connection).
 
 Note: This option allows direct access to host hardware. So it is no longer possible to migrate such machines - use with special care.