[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: http://tech

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

2014-01-23 Thread Olaf Hering
On Tue, Jan 21, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > 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 addit

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

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

2014-02-08 Thread KY Srinivasan
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 1/1] 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. > > + */ > >