linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/4] usb: Introduce Xen pvUSB backend

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Message-ID: <1425476473.25940.158.camel@citrix.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:41:13 +0000
From:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
To:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
CC:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	<konrad.wilk@...cle.com>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	<cyliu@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/4] usb: Introduce Xen pvUSB backend

On Wed, 2015-03-04 at 14:31 +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> >> - move module to appropriate location in kernel tree
> >
> > drivers/xen/ is the correct location for this driver.
> 
> Hmm, so you regard placement of xen-netback under drivers/net and
> xen-blkback under drivers/block as wrong? I've just followed these
> examples.

At least in the case of netback it really is just a normal Ethernet
driver as far as the kernel is concerned. The fact it happens to talk to
a virtual device doesn't matter.

I don't know about other device types.

Ian.

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