On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:20:49 -0400
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <> wrote:
> Clarify that:
> - non-transitional just satisfy 3 main clauses
> - transitional also has a legacy interface:
>
however note that it's not an optional component
>
*for transitional devices* so MAY is inappropriate
> - legacy device descriptions are non-normative.
>
In fact virtio 0.9 is non-normative as a whole
>
and always was by design: it was early days and
>
spec evolved to document bugs in implementations.
>
> VIRTIO-167
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <>
> ---
> conformance.tex | 26 ++++++++++++++++++
--------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/conformance.tex b/conformance.tex
> index 1577c0c..518b9c7 100644
> --- a/conformance.tex
> +++ b/conformance.tex
> @@ -344,16 +344,26 @@ Interface: Terminology}.
>
> A non-transitional implementation conforms to this specification
> if it satisfies all of the MUST or REQUIRED level requirements
> -defined above.
> +defined in section \ref{sec:Conformance / Conformance Targets} above.
>
> -An implementation MAY choose to implement OPTIONAL support for the
> -legacy interface, including support for legacy drivers
> -or devices, by additionally conforming to all of the MUST or
> -REQUIRED level requirements for the legacy interface
> -for the transitional devices and drivers.
> +A transitional implementation conforms to this specification
> +if it satisfies all of the MUST or REQUIRED level requirements
> +defined in section \ref{sec:Conformance / Conformance Targets} above
> +and additionally implements the legacy interface
> +for the transitional devices and drivers, described in
This "for the transitional devices and drivers" is a bit confusing
here, I think. s/for the transitional/for/ ?
> +\hyperref[intro:Virtio PCI Draft]{[Virtio PCI Draft]}.
>
> -The requirements for the legacy interface for transitional implementations
> -are located in sections named ``Legacy Interface'' listed below:
> +\begin{note}
> +No normative specification for the legacy interface exists,
> +instead device and driver's ability to interoperate with
"instead the ability of the device or the driver to inter-operate
with" ?
> +the existing body of installed devices and drivers is a quality
s/installed// ?
> +of implementation issue.
> +\begin{note}
This needs to be \end{note}
> +
> +To facilitate creating transitional implementations, as well as
> +assist in converting legacy interfaces to conforming ones,
s/assist/to assist/ ?
> +the requirements for the legacy interface for transitional implementations
> +are located in non-normative sections named ``Legacy Interface'' listed below:
> \begin{itemize}
> \item Section \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device /
> Feature Bits / Legacy Interface: A Note on Feature Bits}
