Re: [PATCH 0/5] xen pvfb: Para-virtual framebuffer, keyboard andpointer driver updates

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

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.

Are we happy that the preferred console stuff is now the best solution?  
Does it solve your installer issues?

   J
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