linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] xen: Sync up with the canonical protocol definitions in Xen

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:13:40 +0300
From:   Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lyan@...e.com,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
        andrii_chepurnyi@...m.com,
        Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] xen: Sync up with the canonical protocol
 definitions in Xen

On 06/13/2018 09:11 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On June 12, 2018 10:49:31 PM PDT, Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@...il.com> wrote:
>> On 06/13/2018 02:40 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 03:46:10PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>>> On 12/06/18 09:48, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>>>> From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the sync up with the canonical definitions of the input,
>>>>> sound and display protocols in Xen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Changes to kbdif:
>>>>> 1. Add missing string constants for {feature|request}-raw-pointer
>>>>>      to align with the rest of the interface file.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Add new XenStore feature fields, so it is possible to
>> individually
>>>>>      control set of exposed virtual devices for each guest OS:
>>>>>        - set feature-disable-keyboard to 1 if no keyboard device
>> needs
>>>>>          to be created
>>>>>        - set feature-disable-pointer to 1 if no pointer device needs
>>>>>          to be created
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Move multi-touch device parameters to backend nodes: these are
>>>>>       described as a part of frontend's XenBus configuration nodes
>>>>>       while they belong to backend's configuration. Fix this by
>> moving
>>>>>       the parameters to the proper section.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unique-id field:
>>>>> 1. Add unique-id XenBus entry for virtual input and display.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Change type of unique-id field to string for sndif to align with
>>>>> display and input protocols.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Andrushchenko
>> <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
>>>>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
>>>>
>>>> I'm fine with this patch being added via the input tree with the
>> other
>>>> patches. In case I should take it via the Xen tree, please send me a
>>>> note.
>>> Juergen,
>>>
>>> I created an immutable branch off v4.17 with these 3 patches in case
>> you
>>> would want to merge them into your tree without waiting for them to
>>> appear in mainline:
>>>
>>> git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git
>> ib/4.17-xen-kbdfront-runtime-config
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>> Thank you,
>> I would prefer the fastest path of course
> It will be part of 4.19 pull request; the immutable branch is for Juergen if he does not want to wait till 4.19 merge window to get the changes.
Ah, I see. Juergen, can we please merge this via Xen tree then which
I assume will be faster?
>
> Thanks.
>
Thank you,
Oleksandr