On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:01:02 +0200 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> wrote:
> virtqueue operation description is specific to the virtqueue
> format. Move it out to split-ring.tex and update all
> references. >
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <> > ---
> conformance.tex
4 +-
> content.tex
171 +++
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> split-ring.tex
175 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 168 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/split-ring.tex b/split-ring.tex
> index 418f63d..724bb82 100644 > --- a/split-ring.tex > +++ b/split-ring.tex > @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
> section{Split Virtqueues}label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Split Virtqueues} > -The split virtqueue format is the original format used by legacy > -virtio devices. The split virtqueue format separates the > +The split virtqueue format is the original format used by devices > +conforming to the 1.0 version of this standard (and a variant thereof > +by legacy virtio devices). Ah, just noticed this hunk. Might make sense to move this to a prior patch, although it does not matter in the end. > +The split virtqueue format separates the
> virtqueue into several parts, where each part is write-able by
> either the driver or the device, but not both. Multiple
> locations need to be updated when making a buffer available
> and when marking it as used. >
> - Dito here (should probably go to a prior patch).
> Each queue has a 16-bit queue size
> parameter, which sets the number of entries and implies the total size
> of the queue. Else: Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <>
