RE: [PATCH V4 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service

2014-02-08 Thread KY Srinivasan
] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 05:43:53PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: +/* + * Create a char device that can support read/write for passing + * the payload. + */ +static struct cdev fcopy_cdev; +static struct class *cl; +static struct device

Re: [PATCH V4 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service

2014-02-07 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 05:43:53PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: +/* + * Create a char device that can support read/write for passing + * the payload. + */ +static struct cdev fcopy_cdev; +static struct class *cl; +static struct device *sysfs_dev; Why not just be a misc device, you only

[PATCH V4 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service

2014-01-21 Thread K. Y. Srinivasan
Implement the file copy service for Linux guests on Hyper-V. This permits the host to copy a file (over VMBUS) into the guest. This facility is part of guest integration services supported on the Windows platform. Here is a link that provides additional details on this functionality: