Re: [PATCH] Input: xen-kbdfront - allow better run-time configuration

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 08:55:19AM +0300, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> On 04/23/2018 09:53 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 02:44:19PM +0300, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> > > On 04/19/2018 02:25 PM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > > > On 18/04/18 17:04, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> > > > > From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@epam.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > It is now only possible to control if multi-touch virtual device
> > > > > is created or not (via the corresponding XenStore entries),
> > > > > but keyboard and pointer devices are always created.
> > > > Why don't you want to go that route for keyboard and mouse, too?
> > > > Or does this really make no sense?
> > > Well, I would prefer not to touch anything outside Linux and
> > > this driver. And these settings seem to be implementation specific.
> > > So, this is why introduce Linux module parameters and don't extend
> > > the kbdif protocol.
> > Why do you consider this implementation specific? How other guests
> > decide to forego creation of relative pointer device or keyboard-like
> > device?
> > 
> > You already have "features" for absolute pointing device and multitouch,
> > so please extend the protocol properly so you indeed do not code
> > something implementation-specific (i.e. module parameters).
> Ok, but in order to preserve the default behavior, e.g.
> pointer and keyboard devices are always created now, I'll have
> to have reverse features in the protocol:
>  - feature-no-pointer
>  - feature-no-keyboard
> The above may be set as a part of frontend's configuration and
> if missed are considered to be set to false.

I think you can have them as "feature-pointer" and "feature-keyboard"
(no negation), but assume not present considered enabled. I.e.

	kbd = xenbus_read_unsigned(..., XENKBD_FIELD_FEAT_KEYBOARD, 1);
	if (kbd) {
		...
	}

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry