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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] transport-pci: Introduce legacy registers access commands


On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 06:55:29PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> 
> > From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2023 2:34 PM
> 
> > > +0x0003 & VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LCC_REG_READ & Read legacy common
> > configuration registers of a member device    \\
> > > +\hline
> > > +0x0004 & VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LD_REG_WRITE & Write legacy device
> > registers of a member device    \\
> > > +\hline
> > > +0x0005 & VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LD_REG_READ & Read legacy device
> > registers of a member device    \\
> > > +\hline
> > > +0x0006 & VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LQ_NOTIFY_QUERY & Read the queue
> > > +notification offset for legacy interface \\ \hline
> > 
> > Could you avoid such drastic abbreviation in command names?
> > Standard things like CMD,CFG are ok, but LCC/LD will not ring any bells for
> > anyone, except maybe confusingly make one think of "C Compiler" and "Link
> > eDitor".
> > Let's just LEGACY_COMMON_CFG/LEGACY_DEVICE_CFG?
> > 
> It looked too long before abbreviating it.
> Will change.
> 
> VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LEGACY_COMMON_REG_READ 
> VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LEGACY_DEV_REG_READ

I think you can drop _REG_ that does not really add any value
and does not match anything in the spec.  _CFG_ would make sense spec calls
this common configuration and device configuration.

-- 
MST



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