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    SubjectRe: USB mini-summit at LinuxCon Vancouver
    On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 01:23:56PM -0500, Theodore Kilgore wrote:
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    > On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Sarah Sharp wrote:
    >
    > > On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:45:56AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
    > > > Hi,
    > > >
    > > > On 08/05/2011 12:56 AM, Greg KH wrote:
    > > > >On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 07:21:47PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
    > > > I think it is important to separate oranges from apples here, there are
    > > > at least 3 different problem classes which all seem to have gotten thrown
    > > > onto a pile here:
    > > >
    > > > 1) The reason Mauro suggested having some discussion on this at the
    > > > USB summit is because of a discussion about dual mode cameras on the
    > > > linux media list.
    > > ...
    > > > 3) Re-direction of usb devices to virtual machines. This works by using
    > > > the userspace usbfs interface from qemu / vmware / virtualbox / whatever.
    > > > The basics of this work fine, but it lacks proper locking / safeguards
    > > > for when a vm takes over a usb device from the in kernel driver.
    > >
    > > Hi Hans and Mauro,
    > >
    > > We have do room in the schedule for the USB mini-summit for this
    > > discussion, since the schedule is still pretty flexible. The
    > > preliminary schedule is up here:
    > >
    > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~sarah/linuxcon-usb-minisummit.html
    > >
    > > I think it's best to discuss the VM redirection in the afternoon when
    > > some of the KVM folks join us after Hans' talk on USB redirection over
    > > the network.
    > >
    > > It sounds like we need a separate topic for the dual mode cameras and TV
    > > tuners. Mauro, do you want to lead that discussion in the early morning
    > > (in a 9:30 to 10:30 slot) or in the late afternoon (in a 15:30 to 16:30
    > > slot)? I want to be sure we have all the video/media developers who are
    > > interested in this topic present, and I don't know if they will be going
    > > to the KVM forum.
    >
    > Sarah,
    >
    > Alas. I would suspect that I am one of the people most interested in the
    > topic of dual-mode cameras, since I have worked on supporting them both in
    > libgphoto2 and in the kernel. But I teach in a university for a living,
    > and the first classes of Fall Semester 2011 start on August 17 in Auburn,
    > Alabama. Knowing this, I decided, months ago, that I simply could not
    > attend a conference which starts on August 16 in Vancouver.
    >
    > So, after starting all of the current mailing-list discussion on the topic
    > I will not be at the conference. I can only hope that those who do attend
    > will keep me current about what gets discussed.

    No worries, I'll be taking notes and post them to the Linux USB and
    Linux media lists.

    Sarah Sharp


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