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

[Oleksandr Andrushchenko]

On 06/13/2018 09:11 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On June 12, 2018 10:49:31 PM PDT, Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@xxxxxxxxx> 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@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.
> > 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.
Ah, I see. Juergen, can we please merge this via Xen tree then which
I assume will be faster?
> Thanks.
Thank you,
Oleksandr