From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Add virtio-input driver. Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:23:16 +1030 Message-ID: <87oangh6cz.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> References: <1427198927-1745-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <877fu5iwxk.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20150325053613.GA4572@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150325053613.GA4572-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Vojtech Pavlik Cc: Gerd Hoffmann , virtio-dev-sDuHXQ4OtrM4h7I2RyI4rWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, virtualization-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, mst-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, David Herrmann , Dmitry Torokhov , open list , "open list:ABI/API" List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org Vojtech Pavlik writes: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 01:51:43PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: >> Imagine a future virtio standard which incorporates this. And a Windows >> or FreeBSD implementation of the device and or driver. How ugly would >> they be? > > A windows translation layer is fairly easy, people porting software from > Windows to Linux told me numerous times that adapting isn't hard. I also > believe that at least one of the BSD's has a compatible implementation > these days based on the fact that I was asked to allow copying the > headers in the past. Thanks Vojtech, that answers my questions. I figure we apply this and see where it leads... Cheers, Rusty. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752095AbbCZCG5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:06:57 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([103.22.144.67]:51142 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750866AbbCZCGz (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:06:55 -0400 From: Rusty Russell To: Vojtech Pavlik Cc: Gerd Hoffmann , virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, mst@redhat.com, David Herrmann , Dmitry Torokhov , open list , "open list\:ABI\/API" Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Add virtio-input driver. In-Reply-To: <20150325053613.GA4572@suse.com> References: <1427198927-1745-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <877fu5iwxk.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20150325053613.GA4572@suse.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:23:16 +1030 Message-ID: <87oangh6cz.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Vojtech Pavlik writes: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 01:51:43PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: >> Imagine a future virtio standard which incorporates this. And a Windows >> or FreeBSD implementation of the device and or driver. How ugly would >> they be? > > A windows translation layer is fairly easy, people porting software from > Windows to Linux told me numerous times that adapting isn't hard. I also > believe that at least one of the BSD's has a compatible implementation > these days based on the fact that I was asked to allow copying the > headers in the past. Thanks Vojtech, that answers my questions. I figure we apply this and see where it leads... Cheers, Rusty.