Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch V2 2/3] usb: Introduce Xen pvUSB frontend

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jun 12 2015 - 14:06:46 EST


On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 05:33:46PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 12/06/15 17:20, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 04:10:00PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> >> Introduces the Xen pvUSB frontend. With pvUSB it is possible for a Xen
> >> domU to communicate with a USB device assigned to that domU. The
> >> communication is all done via the pvUSB backend in a driver domain
> >> (usually Dom0) which is owner of the physical device.
> >>
> >> The code is taken from the pvUSB implementation in Xen done by Fujitsu
> >> based on Linux kernel 2.6.18.
> >>
> >> Changes from the original version are:
> >> - port to upstream kernel
> >> - put all code in just one source file
> >> - move module to appropriate location in kernel tree
> >> - adapt to Linux style guide
> >> - minor code modifications to increase readability
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/usb/Kconfig | 2 +
> >> drivers/usb/Makefile | 2 +
> >> drivers/usb/xen/Kconfig | 10 +
> >> drivers/usb/xen/Makefile | 5 +
> >> drivers/usb/xen/xen-usbfront.c | 1647 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > A subdirectory for a single file? That seems like overkill, don't you
> > think? As this is a USB "host" driver, why not put it in that
> > directory?
> >
> > Also, last time these patches were posted, people asked why you can't
> > use libusb/usbfs instead, what happened with that? Or usbip?
>
> Using libusb was for the backend driver. This frontend driver is a host
> controller (which is why it should be drivers/usb/host/xen-pv-hcd.c or
> similar).

Then document the heck out of that please.
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