On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 09:47:36PM +0300, Nikos Dragazis wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> this PATCH presents an updated version of the RFC virtio device spec for
> the virtio-vhost-user device. The initial RFC implementation can be
> found here: [1].
>
> This PATCH is split into four parts:
>
> 1. the first commit is just a refactored version of the initial RFC
> implementation [1]. I just moved the device spec into a separate .tex
> file and changed the device id from #24 to #28 since the ids #24-#27 are
> reserved.
>
> 2. the second commit fixes some minor issues with the device spec. This
> is quite straightforward.
>
> 3. the third commit enhances the notification capability with some
> device/driver requirements. This makes sense because the notification
> capability behaves similarly to the MSI-X capability, thereby having
> some requirements that need to be mentioned.
>
> 4. the fourth commit synchronizes the shared memory capability with a
> recent patch [2] that attempts to standardize a standalone
> SHARED_MEMORY_CFG virtio capability.
>
> v3 changes:
> * Device Requirements for the Notification Capability: point out the
> difference between the MSI-X Table Size stored in the Message Control
> register of the MSI-X capability structure and the actual MSI-X Table
> Size
>
> v2 changes:
> * Change device id from #25 to #28
>
> Looking forward to your comments.
I'm happy with v3.
Any other comments or shall we proceed to a vote?
Stefan
