From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CECDC4338F for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B26E861076 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:49:34 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org B26E861076 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=crudebyte.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:39852 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGL0f-0005Rl-Ia for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:49:33 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55860) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGKzs-0004ke-RB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:48:44 -0400 Received: from kylie.crudebyte.com ([5.189.157.229]:37951) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGKzp-0004PZ-Td for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:48:44 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crudebyte.com; s=kylie; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From: Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=eCRWZYgFSnkfDeAnZk/G63aieJqBGhtwYGkD29kD9Mk=; b=RuMCEBH2tyaGeQPtB7CBAR/cr9 288sBkutMk2Cs1XpAPSRyFDlOQEFDmGBnkQ4s9SQu7WSMJm1ClmUSokVq0dSGeONg8gn2yiIbxktE jZJ+/90whyLxd4rHMzG2zy6OqZ7yFOCrDKf9b8CBy1obFpud29aQUfJ3xIepFeV9PtkLRdDofi2+j /epI+jL5NrEDHn3P0ioBL4h+JQxsQ+hxW+QcP3WMR4ipR0Y2fsgzqq6kK6fqNiKoVYFoQ1hI97s1g SavOzWk5F7nk06tvFiHz4gYD2nbSz1Bd1jCjgCGzHR6y9FRy0FbONHaQT3pP00noJH52nDRt9G4rQ /DB5+EZL2SA5x5lYESwAwhkuHh4eRIiHaOxqQSzLFkTfgNfAuurlgjPaF9tyBug0GQhYS19jmyhr1 0tYayuSbYFU5ny2KjgRbVWjfUmFjmhZRIZ095KTJ+h0tTyxwZrRvZYk9gh9dS/SE6BZkkVKspvbAW QEcuQpgRlFCE9YwNHlqRFpY/VvJnXs/Z3+OO4AmpEgk/E+xlbEJJy9Mc1BXNRHlbuI3/aS85k2qKq OFMUNCERCRn/8nb60EUYoWRvHYzwlmMzURNqnfNZhRC3S8q5/rIM3dI/SWEgwaWQhFOymwX+u9jQP hRG0JRQphg5ww1QlDQiDkcYn0D5BfBLqoRxNf8qYo=; From: Christian Schoenebeck To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Philippe =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mathieu=2DDaud=E9?= , Stefan Weil , Volker =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=FCmelin?= , clamky@hotmail.com, Yonggang Luo , Gerd Hoffmann , =?utf-8?B?S8WRdsOhZ8OzIFpvbHTDoW4=?= Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Split Audio backends VS frontends Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:48:37 +0200 Message-ID: <4074977.GUTxnQdd72@silver> In-Reply-To: <0d7f824c-8392-9a94-90be-befa45b3a722@redhat.com> References: <20210816191014.2020783-1-philmd@redhat.com> <2098132.JuaFiSchrr@silver> <0d7f824c-8392-9a94-90be-befa45b3a722@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=5.189.157.229; envelope-from=qemu_oss@crudebyte.com; helo=kylie.crudebyte.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Dienstag, 17. August 2021 19:57:21 CEST Philippe Mathieu-Daud=E9 wrote: > On 8/17/21 6:12 PM, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > > On Dienstag, 17. August 2021 14:41:27 CEST Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > >> Hi, > >> =20 > >>>> +Overall Audio frontends > >>>=20 > >>> I would call that "Audio Hardware Emulation" instead of "Overall Audio > >>> frontends". > >>>=20 > >>>> +Overall Audio backends > >>>=20 > >>> Likewise I would call this section "Shared/common QEMU audio library/ > >>> subsystem" or something like that instead of "Overall Audio backends". > >>=20 > >> Well, frontend/backend is common qemu terminology, with "frontend" bei= ng > >> the emulated/virtual device as seen by the guest and "backend" being t= he > >> host-side wireup (i.e. -audiodev / -blockdev / -chardev / -netdev / ..= =2E) > >>=20 > >> take care, > >>=20 > >> Gerd > >=20 > > Yeah, I was seeing this (like usual) more from an external/new developer > > perspective where the semantic for "frontend"/"backend" is not that > > obvious > > here. >=20 > "Audio Backends" is in the "Subsystems" meta-section, and > "Audio Frontends" in the "Devices" one. >=20 > Maybe we using the =3D=3D=3D separator for meta-sections (like rST) > instead of --- would help seeing the difference. No need for now. On the long-term the MAINTAINERS structure might be improv= ed=20 in some way to make specific tree structures more clear, but for now it's O= k. Thanks! Best regards, Christian Schoenebeck