[PATCH] conformance: clarify transitional/non-transitional

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Stefan Hajnoczi <>
Date
2019-03-11T16:08:00+00:00
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[PATCH] conformance: clarify transitional/non-transitional
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 09:20:49AM -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 ++++++++++++++++++

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>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Aside from the \end{note} issue Cornelia mentioned:

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <>