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> From: Gerd Hoffmann [mailto:kra...@redhat.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 2:59 PM
> To: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@redhat.com>
> Cc: ganqixin <ganqi...@huawei.com>; qemu-devel@nongnu.org;
> qemu-triv...@nongnu.org; Marc-André Lureau
> <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com>; th...@redhat.com; Chenqun (kuhn)
> <kuhn.chen...@huawei.com>; Zhanghailiang
> <zhang.zhanghaili...@huawei.com>; Eduardo Habkost
> <ehabk...@redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] u2f-passthru: put it into the 'usb' category
> 
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 03:04:52PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
> wrote:
> > 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).
> 
> Right now we have the host adapters collected in the usb category.
> Maybe we should rename the category to make that clear.
> 
> And, yes, tagging the u2f devices as "usb" doesn't look useful.
> 
> > Unrelated but multiple devices are related to SECURITY.
> > Maybe it is time to introduce the DEVICE_CATEGORY_SECURITY?
> 
> Either that, or place it in the "misc" category.

Thanks for your advice, I will put it into 'misc' category.

Gan Qixin

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