On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 15:31:32 +1030
Rusty Russell <> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <>
> ---
> content.tex | 17 ++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
> index f3899b6..a11525b 100644
> --- a/content.tex
> +++ b/content.tex
> @@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ result.
>
> The mechanism for bulk data transport on virtio devices is
> pretentiously called a virtqueue. Each device can have zero or more
> -virtqueues: for example, the simplest network device has one for
> -transmit and one for receive. Each queue has a 16-bit queue size
> +virtqueues\footnote{For example, the simplest network device has one for
I'd make that "has one _virtqueue_ for transmit" - this is probably
clearer as the footnote lacks the immediate context.
> +transmit and one for receive}. Each queue has a 16-bit queue size
> parameter, which sets the number of entries and implies the total size
> of the queue.
>
> @@ -1621,7 +1624,7 @@ or report device failure.
> \paragraph{Virtqueue Configuration}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI Bus / PCI-specific Initialization And Device Operation / Device Initialization / Virtqueue Configuration}
>
> As a device can have zero or more virtqueues for bulk data
> -transport (for example, the simplest network device has two), the driver
> +transport,\footnote{For example, the simplest network device has two} the driver
Similarily, I'd write "two virtqueues" here.
> needs to configure them as part of the device-specific
> configuration.
>
