Re: [virtio] [PATCH] intro: add advice on transition from legacy interfaces

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Paolo Bonzini <>
Date
2015-07-02T08:34:45+00:00
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Re: [virtio] [PATCH] intro: add advice on transition from legacy interfaces
On 02/07/2015 10:29, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 10:21:03 +0200
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> wrote:
> 
>> Reading legacy chapters gives a hint about what changed,
>> let's help readers discover this useful shortcut.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <>
>> ---
>>  introduction.tex | 10 ++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/introduction.tex b/introduction.tex
>> index ac7eefa..0c076f8 100644
>> --- a/introduction.tex
>> +++ b/introduction.tex
>> @@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ Similarly, a driver MAY implement:
>>  Devices or drivers with no legacy compatibility are referred to as
>>  non-transitional devices and drivers, respectively.
>>
>> +\subsection{Transition from earlier specification drafts}
>> +\label{intro:Transition from earlier specification drafts}
>> +
>> +If a device or a driver already implement the legacy interface,
>> +some changes would have to be made to support this specification.
> 
> "For devices and drivers already implementing the legacy interface,
> some changes will have to be made to support this specification."
> 
>> +
>> +In this case, it might be benefitial for the reader to focus on
> 
> s/benefitial/beneficial/
> 
>> +sections tagged "Legacy Interface" in the section title.
>> +These highlight the changes made since these earlier drafts.
> 
> ", as these highlight the changes made since the earlier drafts."

I prefer Michael's version for this sentence.  English strongly prefers
simpler sentences, or so I was explained by native speakers.  This is
unlike Italian, and my high school experience dealing with Kant suggests
that German is similar. :)

Paolo