Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.13 v1 1/2] libxl: introduce new backend type VINPUT

[Oleksandr Grytsov <al1img@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 7:55 PM Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Oleksandr Grytsov writes ("[PATCH v1 1/2] libxl: introduce new backend type 
> VINPUT"):
> > From: Oleksandr Grytsov <oleksandr_grytsov@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > There are two kind of VKBD devices: with QEMU backend and user space
> > backend. In current implementation they can't be distinguished as both use
> > VKBD backend type. As result, user space KBD backend is started and
> > stopped as QEMU backend. This commit adds new device kind VINPUT to be
> > used as backend type for user space KBD backend.
>
> Thank you for this patch and thank you for the explanations.
>
> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I wasn't able to find a posting of this patch before the last posting
> date for 4.13 of the 13th of September.  Have I missed it ?  We might
> be able to justify a freeze exception on the grounds that this change
> affects only vkb users but it would be a matter for the RM (CC'd).
>

This commit was submitted with patcheset [1].
Earlier I've submitted the patch to solve the issue with patchest [2].
But that patchet was totally wrong.

>
> I would like to change the "linux" to "pv" or something else, for
> 4.13, at least.

I will submit V2 with renaming and comments addressed for second commit [3]
of the patchset.

>
> Ian.

[1] https://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=157054390006691&w=2
[2] https://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=151326089604524&w=2
[3] https://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=157054391506708&w=2


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Best Regards,
Oleksandr Grytsov.

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