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 +++
---------------------------------------------------
> 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 <>
