Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751509AbbGWEhD (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:37:03 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:59887 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750702AbbGWEgy (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:36:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:36:53 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Juergen Gross Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, konrad.wilk@oracle.com, david.vrabel@citrix.com, boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Patch V4 1/3] usb: Add Xen pvUSB protocol description Message-ID: <20150723043653.GA31524@kroah.com> References: <1435042405-14235-1-git-send-email-jgross@suse.com> <1435042405-14235-2-git-send-email-jgross@suse.com> <20150722234640.GA29425@kroah.com> <55B067D7.3030904@suse.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55B067D7.3030904@suse.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23+102 (2ca89bed6448) (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1423 Lines: 39 On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 06:04:39AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 07/23/2015 01:46 AM, Greg KH wrote: > >On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 08:53:23AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: > >>Add the definition of pvUSB protocol used between the pvUSB frontend in > >>a Xen domU and the pvUSB backend in a Xen driver domain (usually Dom0). > >> > >>This header was originally provided by Fujitsu for Xen based on Linux > >>2.6.18. > >> > >>Changes are: > >>- adapt to Linux style guide > >> > >>Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross > >>--- > >> include/xen/interface/io/usbif.h | 252 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > >Why is this a different interface than the existing ones we have today > >(i.e. usbip?) Where is it documented? Do the Xen developers / > > The interface definition is living in the Xen git repository for several > years now: > > git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git -> xen/include/public/io/usbif.h That's header file, not a document describing the api here. > It is used e.g. in SUSE's xen kernel since 2.6.18. I am very aware of the amount of Xen crap in SuSE's kernel, don't use that as an excuse for me to merge it to mainline :) thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/