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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <54F70C5E.50902@suse.com>
Date:	Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:45:02 +0100
From:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.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 03/04/2015 02:41 PM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> 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.

usbback is just a normal USB driver as far as the kernel is concerned.
:-)


Juergen
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/