Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 1/2] libxl: Introduce functions to add and remove USB devices to an HVM guest

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 16:45 +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> On 24/04/13 14:51, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 14:32 +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> >
> >> There's also the translation of "AUTO" protocol into PV or HVM, and
> > This made me wonder, how is libxl_device_usb_protocol different from the
> > type of the domain? Can you (or is the intention) use PV with an HVM
> > domain? I suppose DEVICEMODEL is HVM only?
> 
> The intention is to allow HVM guests to use either DEVICEMODEL or PV as 
> protocols.
> 
> > Is "protocol" really the right word for this? I'd half expect it to mean
> > USB 1.0 vs 2.0 vs 3.0. For NICS we call this Enum libxl_nic_type. FWIW
> 
> But we're already using 'type' for the device type. :-)
> 
> I think for nics it makes sense to call it a 'type', as for NICs we 
> refer to the *emulated device* as a NIC, or the PV device as a NIC, 
> which is then (virtually) plugged into a bridge somewhere.  But in this 
> case I don't think it makes sense, as it's the actual host device you 
> care about, and the way the guest talks to it is either via PV or qemu.  
> "Protocol" may not be the very best option, but at least it gives you 
> the idea of a conduit.

It's more like a "method" then?

Ian.


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