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

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Message-ID: <3605901d-4a72-3f5a-6d74-cb13d2414a0b@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:49:31 +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 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