From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757142AbbLAWaJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Dec 2015 17:30:09 -0500 Received: from mail-oi0-f45.google.com ([209.85.218.45]:33545 "EHLO mail-oi0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756402AbbLAWaG (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Dec 2015 17:30:06 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1449008332-9394-4-git-send-email-syeh@vmware.com> References: <1449008047-8252-1-git-send-email-syeh@vmware.com> <1449008332-9394-1-git-send-email-syeh@vmware.com> <1449008332-9394-4-git-send-email-syeh@vmware.com> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 14:30:05 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Input: Remove vmmouse port reservation From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Sinclair Yeh Cc: X86 ML , "pv-drivers@vmware.com" , "linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com" , virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, lkml Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Sinclair, On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Sinclair Yeh wrote: > Port reservation is not required. You need to expand on why we do not need to reserve port. > Furthermore, this port is shared > by other VMware services for host-side communication. What services would that be? Do they reserve the port? Thanks. -- Dmitry From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Input: Remove vmmouse port reservation Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 14:30:05 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1449008047-8252-1-git-send-email-syeh@vmware.com> <1449008332-9394-1-git-send-email-syeh@vmware.com> <1449008332-9394-4-git-send-email-syeh@vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1449008332-9394-4-git-send-email-syeh@vmware.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: Sinclair Yeh Cc: "pv-drivers@vmware.com" , X86 ML , "linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com" , lkml , virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org Hi Sinclair, On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Sinclair Yeh wrote: > Port reservation is not required. You need to expand on why we do not need to reserve port. > Furthermore, this port is shared > by other VMware services for host-side communication. What services would that be? Do they reserve the port? Thanks. -- Dmitry