virtio — archive

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

OK, this is in a shape where we could include it in the spec. Changes from v5: - scope reductions (see below). We can add more features down the road, hopefully reduced scope will be enough to finalize spec soon. - cleanup and integrate in the spec - pseudo-code Deferred features: - dropped _F_DESC_LIST, 1.0 includes this unconditionally, we can do same - dropped event structure change notifications - needed for efficient hardware implementations but let's add this on top 3 1st patches just move text around so all virtio 1.0 things are in the same place. 2 last ones add the new layout Option to mark descriptors as not generating events isn't yet implemented. Again, let's add this on top. I also note that for hardware implementations, a different set of memory barriers is needed. Again, let's add this on top not linking into conformance sections, will add after spec itself is approved. Michael S. Tsirkin (5): content: move 1.0 queue format out to a separate section content: move ring text out to a separate file content: move virtqueue operation description packed virtqueues: more efficient virtqueue layout packed-ring: add in order request support conformance.tex 4 +- content.tex 718 +++++ --------------------------------------------------- packed-ring.tex 692 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ split-ring.tex 666 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 1423 insertions(+), 657 deletions(-) create mode 100644 packed-ring.tex create mode 100644 split-ring.tex -- MST