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

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Message-ID: <D53587A2-5B1B-4D8F-8772-04D453B93D38@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 23:11:50 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@...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 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.


Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry