From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Markus Armbruster Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] xen pvfb: Para-virtual framebuffer, keyboard and pointer driver updates Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:54:29 +0200 Message-ID: <87lk24j82y.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> References: <87d4ngm4s4.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> <4833E6BA.3060408@goop.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jyl1u-00021E-8U for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 May 2008 02:54:42 -0700 Received: from oxygen.pond.sub.org ([88.198.11.5]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1Jyl1r-0003sN-Lr for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 May 2008 02:54:42 -0700 Received: from pike.pond.sub.org (dslb-084-056-234-126.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.56.234.126]) by oxygen.pond.sub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B36A11EF1A for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 11:54:29 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <4833E6BA.3060408@goop.org> (Jeremy Fitzhardinge's message of "Wed\, 21 May 2008 10\:09\:14 +0100") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, adaplas@gmail.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, mingo@redhat.com, Pat Campbell , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Jeremy Fitzhardinge writes: > Markus Armbruster wrote: >> This is an update to the Linux part of the Xen PVFB. Linux Xen PVFB >> is a pair of Xen para-virtual frontend device drivers: >> drivers/video/xen-fbfront.c provides a framebuffer, and >> drivers/input/xen-kbdfront provides keyboard and mouse. Their >> backends run in dom0 user space. >> >> Parts in this patch series: >> >> 1. Enable Xen console by default in domU >> 2. Pointer z-axis (mouse wheel) support >> 3. Module aliases to support module autoloading >> 4. Zero unused bytes in events sent to backend >> 5. Dynamic mode support (screen resizing) >> >> To the best of my knowledge, these patches are independent. The last >> one needs a bit of trivial merging to apply without the first one. I >> tested only 1, 1+2, 1+2+3, 1+2+3+4, and the complete series. I'm >> happy to split this into different parts if that helps. >> > > Thanks Markus, > > This looks good. I'll stick it into my queue and feed it via Ingo > when I've given it a bit of a test. Thanks! > Are we happy that the preferred console stuff is now the best > solution? Does it solve your installer issues? > > J Yes, the console stuff works nicely for me, and the installer is happy. Note that I went with the stupidest solution that could possibly work there: have a global flag that gets set when the command line sets consoles, and don't mess with the console then. Mark McLoughlin suggested a somewhat less stupid way, namely to mark consoles selected on the command line with a flag. Critical review invited! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/