On 11/17/20 2:37 PM, ganqixin wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé [mailto:phi...@redhat.com]
>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 10:05 PM
>> To: ganqixin <ganqi...@huawei.com>; qemu-devel@nongnu.org;
>> qemu-triv...@nongnu.org; Marc-André Lureau
>> <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com>; th...@redhat.com
>> Cc: Chenqun (kuhn) <kuhn.chen...@huawei.com>; Zhanghailiang
>> <zhang.zhanghaili...@huawei.com>; Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com>;
>> Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] u2f-passthru: put it into the 'usb' category
>>
>> On 11/15/20 7:48 PM, Gan Qixin wrote:
>>> The category of the u2f-passthru device is not set, put it into the 'usb'
>>> category.
>>
>> I guess we discussed this with Thomas 1 or 2 years ago but I don't remember.
>> I think it was about using set_bits() so devices can appear in multiple
>> categories.
>>
>> Gerd, do you know what is the point of the "usb" category for management
>> apps? This is a bus accepting multiple better categorized devices (display,
>> storage, input, network, sound).
>>
>> Unrelated but multiple devices are related to SECURITY.
>> Maybe it is time to introduce the DEVICE_CATEGORY_SECURITY?
> 
> Hi, Philippe
> Thanks for your reply, but I'm not sure if it is appropriate to add a 
> security category to place this device.
> (Maybe it's because I don't know much about these device, I haven't find many 
> safety-related devices in 'misc' category or uncategorized devices)

What is the difference between 'misc' and 'uncategorized'?

> 
> Thanks,
> Gan Qixin
> 


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