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

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Tue Jun 12 2018 - 19:40:30 EST


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@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
>
> 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.

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Dmitry