Re: USB mini-summit at LinuxCon Vancouver

[Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>]

On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 01:23:56PM -0500, Theodore Kilgore wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Sarah Sharp wrote:
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> > On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:45:56AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On 08/05/2011 12:56 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > > >On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 07:21:47PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > I think it is important to separate oranges from apples here, there are
> > > at least 3 different problem classes which all seem to have gotten thrown
> > > onto a pile here:
> > > 
> > > 1) The reason Mauro suggested having some discussion on this at the
> > > USB summit is because of a discussion about dual mode cameras on the
> > > linux media list.
> > ...
> > > 3) Re-direction of usb devices to virtual machines. This works by using
> > > the userspace usbfs interface from qemu / vmware / virtualbox / whatever.
> > > The basics of this work fine, but it lacks proper locking / safeguards
> > > for when a vm takes over a usb device from the in kernel driver.
> > 
> > Hi Hans and Mauro,
> > 
> > We have do room in the schedule for the USB mini-summit for this
> > discussion, since the schedule is still pretty flexible.  The
> > preliminary schedule is up here:
> > 
> > http://userweb.kernel.org/~sarah/linuxcon-usb-minisummit.html
> > 
> > I think it's best to discuss the VM redirection in the afternoon when
> > some of the KVM folks join us after Hans' talk on USB redirection over
> > the network.
> > 
> > It sounds like we need a separate topic for the dual mode cameras and TV
> > tuners.  Mauro, do you want to lead that discussion in the early morning
> > (in a 9:30 to 10:30 slot) or in the late afternoon (in a 15:30 to 16:30
> > slot)?  I want to be sure we have all the video/media developers who are
> > interested in this topic present, and I don't know if they will be going
> > to the KVM forum.
> 
> Sarah,
> 
> Alas. I would suspect that I am one of the people most interested in the 
> topic of dual-mode cameras, since I have worked on supporting them both in 
> libgphoto2 and in the kernel. But I teach in a university for a living, 
> and the first classes of Fall Semester 2011 start on August 17 in Auburn, 
> Alabama. Knowing this, I decided, months ago, that I simply could not 
> attend a conference which starts on August 16 in Vancouver.
> 
> So, after starting all of the current mailing-list discussion on the topic 
> I will not be at the conference. I can only hope that those who do attend 
> will keep me current about what gets discussed.

No worries, I'll be taking notes and post them to the Linux USB and
Linux media lists.

Sarah Sharp