Re: [PATCH v5] Add virtio-input driver.

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Thu Mar 26 2015 - 23:13:18 EST


"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:49:25AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> virtio-input is basically evdev-events-over-virtio, so this driver isn't
>> much more than reading configuration from config space and forwarding
>> incoming events to the linux input layer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Still a bit worried about using input.h as host/guest
> interface (can't we use some formal standard, e.g. USB HID?),
> but I'll let Rusty decide that.

I like the simplicity, and this API is pretty well proven.

Since this is under drivers/virtio rather than drivers/input, I've
applied it to my tree.

I have a dream where Denys Vlasenko adds this and the virtio gl device
to lguest, and we have X running under lguest :)

Applied!
Rusty.
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