From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
To: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
Chunyan Liu <cyliu@suse.com>,
"xen-devel@lists.xen.org" <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>,
Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>, Simon Cao <caobosimon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:41:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21887.64856.265751.921367@mariner.uk.xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFLBxZbVXjj-VM4KLdhqBkpC0qSR_sy3mNnSZAJQJmHuo4ZC0Q@mail.gmail.com>
George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API"):
> Ian / Ian / Wei / Jim:
Hi.
> 3. Have the libxl layer accept both busid and bus:addr. Translate as
> necessary and store in the libxl_device_usb struct.
...
> The advantage of #3 internally is that the functions can do the
> translation once (if necessary), and can then pass around the public
> libxl_device_usb struct as-is without needing any extra parameters or
> a separate libxl_device_usb_internal. The disadvantage, I think, is
> that from an interface perspective, it's fairly pointless to have
> both. busid doesn't really give you any better or more control than
> the other, and it's not any more convenient for the user (in fact it's
> less convenient because it's more difficult to find).
Is the busid more stable in the face of plug/unplug ? This is the
normal reason for a more path-like device specification.
If so then we must support it, even if it's not the usual way an
ordinary user would use it for a one-off. Otherwise you have to write
something in your config files for the VMs on your VM host, which will
break when someone plugs a keyboard into the `wrong' USB port.
Ian.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-16 10:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-10 3:20 [PATCH V4 0/7] xen pvusb toolstack work Chunyan Liu
2015-06-10 3:20 ` [PATCH V4 1/7] libxl: export some functions for pvusb use Chunyan Liu
2015-06-11 16:08 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-11 16:28 ` Wei Liu
2015-06-12 15:14 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-10 3:20 ` [PATCH V4 2/7] libxl_read_file_contents: add new entry to read sysfs file Chunyan Liu
2015-06-11 16:16 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-12 7:00 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-12 15:11 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-10 3:20 ` [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API Chunyan Liu
2015-06-11 15:00 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-11 16:07 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-11 16:42 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-12 7:39 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-12 8:06 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-12 11:22 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-15 14:17 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-15 14:25 ` Jürgen Groß
2015-06-15 14:34 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-15 18:26 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 10:30 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 10:51 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 11:11 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:19 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 11:23 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:44 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-17 11:24 ` Ian Campbell
2015-06-18 11:50 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-18 12:08 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-18 13:03 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-22 13:29 ` Proposed plan for libxl USB interface (was Re: [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API) George Dunlap
2015-06-22 14:14 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-22 14:22 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-23 2:42 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-23 2:43 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-23 2:44 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-16 10:41 ` Ian Jackson [this message]
2015-06-16 10:56 ` [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API Jürgen Groß
2015-06-16 11:03 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:10 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 11:25 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 11:45 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 12:02 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 13:19 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 13:32 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 13:37 ` [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API [and 1 more messages] Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 14:41 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 15:58 ` Sander Eikelenboom
2015-06-16 15:59 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 16:34 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-17 3:59 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-17 10:27 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-18 6:24 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-16 11:45 ` [PATCH V4 3/7] libxl: add pvusb API Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 13:06 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 13:09 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 13:23 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 13:29 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 13:49 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 14:06 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 14:20 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 14:37 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-17 11:34 ` Ian Campbell
2015-06-17 11:40 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-18 6:20 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-18 7:02 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-18 8:50 ` Ian Campbell
2015-06-18 13:02 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-16 15:38 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:01 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 11:12 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 11:21 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 16:32 ` Ian Jackson
2015-06-16 16:39 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-16 16:51 ` Ross Philipson
2015-06-17 4:03 ` Jürgen Groß
2015-06-17 13:48 ` Ross Philipson
2015-06-15 17:47 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-23 10:18 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-23 11:29 ` George Dunlap
2015-06-24 2:26 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-10 3:20 ` [PATCH V4 4/7] libxl: add libxl_device_usb_assignable_list API Chunyan Liu
2015-06-10 3:20 ` [PATCH V4 5/7] xl: add pvusb commands Chunyan Liu
2015-06-12 7:37 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-12 8:03 ` Chun Yan Liu
2015-06-12 8:22 ` Juergen Gross
2015-06-10 3:20 ` [PATCH V4 6/7] xl: add usb-assignable-list command Chunyan Liu
2015-06-10 3:20 ` [PATCH V4 7/7] domcreate: support pvusb in configuration file Chunyan Liu
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