> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé [mailto:phi...@redhat.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 9:50 PM
> To: ganqixin <ganqi...@huawei.com>; qemu-devel@nongnu.org;
> qemu-triv...@nongnu.org
> Cc: Chenqun (kuhn) <kuhn.chen...@huawei.com>; Zhanghailiang
> <zhang.zhanghaili...@huawei.com>; Gerd Hoffmann
> <kra...@redhat.com>; th...@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] u2f-passthru: put it into the 'usb' category
> 
> 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'?

In my opinion, devices that we forgot to classify will appear in 
"uncategorized" list, and devices that don't have a suitable category to choose 
will be put into "misc" category.

> 
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gan Qixin
> >

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