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Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 01/11] content: Add vq index text
Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> writes: > Introduce vq index and its range so that subsequent patches can refer > to it. > > Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/163 > Reviewed-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: David Edmondson <david.edmondson@oracle.com> > --- > changelog: > v15->v16: > - rewrote for better reading > v12->v13: > - avoid virtqueue -> vq abbreviation > - removed Cornelia's reviewed-by due to vq abbreviation change > v11->v12: > - renamed 'number' to 'index' > v9->v10: > - added braces around vq number wording > - added vqn as another term for vq number > v8->v9: > - added inclusive when describing the vq number range > - skipped comment to put virtqueue number wording first because we > prefer to use shorter vq number as much as possible > v5->v6: > - moved description close to introduction, it was in middle of > queue data transfer description > v2->v3: > - new patch > --- > content.tex | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex > index cff548a..9b694f2 100644 > --- a/content.tex > +++ b/content.tex > @@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ \section{Virtqueues}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues} > virtqueues\footnote{For example, the simplest network device has one virtqueue for > transmit and one for receive.}. > > +A virtio device can have maximum of 65536 virtqueues. Each virtqueue is > +identified by a virtqueue index. A virtqueue index has a value in the > +range of 0 to 65535. > + > Driver makes requests available to device by adding > an available buffer to the queue, i.e., adding a buffer > describing the request to a virtqueue, and optionally triggering > -- > 2.26.2 -- Walking upside down in the sky, between the satellites passing by, I'm looking.
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