Re: [Xen-devel] xen.git branches / pvops kernel pvusb support

[Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Pasi,

Monday, June 7, 2010, 4:59:16 PM, you wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 04:05:22PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 01:19:08AM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> > On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 09:29:14AM +0900, Noboru Iwamatsu wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > >> On 03/04/2010 11:24 AM, Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
>> > >>> Are there any signs of pv-usb support coming ?
>> > >>
>> > >> I have not seen any work in that area.
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > In the jump between 2.6.18 and current kernel,
>> > > several important changes are required for handling
>> > > the urbs and its buffers.
>> > > Because, the manner of the host controller and the
>> > > urb's behavior have been modified on the upstream.
>> > >
>> > > I'm now working on it, I hope I can post it in late
>> > > this month.
>> > >
>> > 
>> > Btw Novell seems to have a forward-port of the pvusb stuff
>> > to their 2.6.32 xenlinux kernel (non pvops).
>> > 
>> > See:
>> > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-03/msg00723.html
>> > 
>> > Dunno if it helps with the pvops port though :)
>> > 
>> 
>> Noboru: Did you have time to take a look at this? 
>> 

> I added this task to:
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDevelopmentProjects

> "Porting Xen PVUSB drivers to pvops kernel"

> Hopefully someone will pick it up soon :)

> -- Pasi

Perhaps something could be combined with the USB over IP in linux-staging ?

Don't know how difficult it is to make it more generic and use it as USB over 
event channel as well.


-- 
Best regards,
 Sander                            mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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